To implement a new method of performing chest CT imaging in young children at Packard Children's Hospital entitled controlled ventilation infant/young child chest CT scanning. This technique will be used to evaluate early lung disease comparing quantitative chest CT air trapping and airway measurements with lung function measurements in infants, toddlers, and young children with chronic lung disease.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
30
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States
Quantitative CT air trapping & airway measurements
Time frame: 6 mo
Functional residual capacity (FRC) & Lung Clearance Index (LCI).
Time frame: 6 mo
Differences between Quantitative CT air trapping & airway measurements & multibreath washout (MBW) FRC and LCI.
Time frame: 6 mo
Correlation between LCI and quantitative air trapping
Time frame: 6 mo
Correlation between bronchial wall thickness measurements/bronchiectasis measurements and LCI/FRC
Time frame: 6 mo
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