半田舎のネパールで,1~24ヶ月の健康な小児における潮呼吸のフロー・ボリューム・ループを用いた肺機能検査:可行性研究
Charl Verwey1, Srijana Dongol2, Renu Shahi2
1Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Pediatric pulmonology
|February 18, 2026
まとめ
ネパールで小児肺機能研究所を設立することは実現可能である. 高品質の潮呼吸フロー・ボリューム・ループ (TBFVL) テストが達成され,ネパール人の子供の肺機能に関する重要なデータを提供しました.
科学分野:
- 小児肺病学について
- 呼吸器生理学 呼吸器生理学について
- グローバル・ヘルス グローバル・ヘルス
背景:
- 早期の呼吸器障害は,生涯にわたる肺機能に影響を及ぼします.
- ネパールは,下呼吸器感染症と汚染の高い負担に直面しています.
- これらの要因を評価するには,乳児の肺機能に関する強力なデータが必要です.
研究 の 目的:
- ネパールで肺機能研究所を設立する可能性を判断する.
- 潮呼吸のフロー・ボリューム・ループ (TBFVL) テストを乳児と小児で行うため.
- ネパールにおける肺の発達に起因する幼児期の要因の評価を可能にする.
主な方法:
- 肺機能研究所は,ネパールのドゥリケールに設立されました.
- TBFVL検査は,1〜24ヶ月の健康な小児で行われました.
- 結果は,国際専門家による監督のもと,訓練を受けた現地スタッフによって解釈された.
主要な成果:
- 86人中80人 (93%) の子どもがTBFVL検査に合格しました.
- TBFVL指標の変異係数 (CoV) は4.7%から19.5%の範囲であった.
- 地元と国際の専門家による解釈の間で良好な一致が見られた.
結論:
- ネパールで小児肺機能研究所を設立することは実現可能である.
- 国際基準に適合する高品質のTBFVL測定が達成されました.
- この研究は,ネパール人の子供における正常な肺機能に関する重要なデータを提供している.
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