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Lung function testing in children: oscillometry. Expert position statement of the Polish Society of Pediatric Pulmonology (STAN PNEUMO: OSCILLOMETRY)

Eliza Wasilewska
1, 2
,
Joanna Peradzyńska
3
,
Katarzyna Walicka-Serzysko
4, 5
,
Katarzyna Krenke
6
,
Zbigniew Doniec
7, 8
,
Henryk Mazurek
9
,
Irena Wojsyk-Banaszak
10

  1. Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
  2. Laboratory of lung function testing for children and adolescents, University Clinical Centre in Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
  3. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  4. Cystic Fibrosis Department, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
  5. Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Pediatric Hospital, Dziekanow Lesny, Poland
  6. Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  7. Department of Respiratory System Pathophysiology, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases – Rabka-Zdroj Branch, Rabka-Zdroj, Poland
  8. Medical Institute, Academy of Applied Sciences in Nowy Targ, Nowy Targ, Poland
  9. Department of Pneumonology and Cystic Fibrosis, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Jan and Irena Rudnik Regional Branch in Rabka-Zdroj, Rabka-Zdroj, Poland
  10. Department of Pulmonology, Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2025; 27(3): 377-385
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2025.153098
Online publish date: 2025/09/29
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