Normative data for multiple breath washout outcomes in school-aged Caucasian children

Background The multiple breath nitrogen washout (N 2 MBW) technique is increasingly used to assess the degree of ventilation inhomogeneity in school-aged children with lung disease. However, reference values for healthy children are currently not available. The aim of this study was to generate reference values for N 2 MBW outcomes in a cohort of healthy Caucasian school-aged children. Methods N 2 MBW data from healthy Caucasian school-age...