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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 164, Number 6, September 2001, 965-972

Comparison of the Forced Oscillation Technique and the Interrupter Technique for Assessing Airway Obstruction and Its Reversibility in Children

CHRISTOPHE DELACOURT, HUBERT LORINO, CLAIRE FUHRMAN, MARTINE HERVE-GUILLOT, PHILIPPE REINERT, ALAIN HARF, and BRUNO HOUSSET

Service de Pédiatrie and Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, 94000 Créteil, France; INSERM U492, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, 94000 Créteil, France; and Service de Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France

The forced oscillation technique (FOT) and interrupter technique are particularly attractive for pediatric use as they require only passive cooperation from the patient. We compared the sensitivity and specificity of these methods for detecting airway obstruction and its reversibility in 118 children (3-16 yr) with asthma or chronic nocturnal cough. FOT (R0 and R16) and interruption (Rint) parameters were measured at baseline and after bronchodilator inhalation (n = 94). Rint was significantly lower than R0, especially in children with high baseline values. Baseline parameters were normalized for height and weight [R(SD)]. In children able to perform forced expiratory maneuvers (n = 93), the best discrimination between those with baseline FEV1 < 80% or >=  80% of predicted values was obtained with R0(SD). At a specificity of 80%, R0(SD) yielded 66% sensitivity, whereas Rint(SD) yielded only 33% sensitivity. Similarly, postbronchodilator changes in R0(SD) [Delta R0(SD)] yielded the best discrimination between children with and without significant reversibility in FEV1. At a specificity of 80%, Delta R0(SD) yielded 67% sensitivity and Delta Rint(SD) yielded 58% sensitivity. In children unable to perform forced expiratory maneuvers (n = 25), FOT, contrary to the interrupter technique, clearly identified a subgroup of young children with high resistance values at baseline, which returned to normal after bronchodilation. We conclude that, in asthmatic children over 3 yr old, FOT measurements provide a more reliable evaluation of bronchial obstruction and its reversibility compared with the interrupter technique, especially in young children with high baseline values.




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