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Pulmonary function test in children: Multiple Breath Washout (MBW) – a position statement of the Polish Society of Pediatric Pulmonology (STAN PNEUMO: MBW)

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

  1. Cystic Fibrosis Department, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Pediatric Hospital, Dziekanow Lesny, Poland
  3. Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
  4. Laboratory of Lung Function Testing for Children and Adolescents, University Clinical Centre in Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
  5. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  6. Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  7. Department of Respiratory System Physiotherapy, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Field Branch in Rabka-Zdroj, Rabka-Zdroj, Poland
  8. Institute of Medicine, Academy of Applied Science in Nowy Targ, Nowy Targ, Poland
  9. Department of Pulmonology, Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2025; 27(4)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2025.153099
Online publish date: 2025/12/22
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