Fouzas Sotirios, Gidaris Dimos, Karantaglis Nikolaos, Opsimos Harry, Alexopoulos Emmanouil I, Douros Konstantinos, Kirvassilis Fotios, Paraskakis Emmanouil, Anthracopoulos Michael B, Marangos Markos, Tsanakas Ioannis
Pediatric Respiratory Unit, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
School of Medicine, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Front Pediatr. 2021 May 21;9:673322. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.673322. eCollection 2021.
As the COVID-19 pandemic is still evolving, guidelines on pulmonary function testing that may dynamically adapt to sudden epidemiologic changes are required. This paper presents the recommendations of the Hellenic Pediatric Respiratory Society (HPRS) on pulmonary function testing in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 era. Following an extensive review of the relevant literature, we recommend that pulmonary function tests should be carried out after careful evaluation of the epidemiologic load, structured clinical screening of all candidates, and application of special protective measures to minimize the risk of viral cross infection. These principles have been integrated into a dynamic action plan that may readily adapt to the phase of the pandemic.
由于新冠疫情仍在演变，因此需要能够动态适应突发流行病学变化的肺功能测试指南。本文介绍了希腊儿科呼吸学会（HPRS）关于新冠疫情期间儿童和青少年肺功能测试的建议。在广泛回顾相关文献后，我们建议在仔细评估流行病学负荷、对所有受试者进行结构化临床筛查以及采取特殊防护措施以尽量降低病毒交叉感染风险之后，再进行肺功能测试。这些原则已被纳入一个可随时适应疫情阶段的动态行动计划中。
