Often, the past can help us more than we realise. The European Respiratory Journal has, since its early childhood about 30 years ago, demonstrated that publication of reference values for various lung function tests is something that receives priority. Although one may argue that publication of reference values for lung function tests will not yield a Nobel Prize, everyone will agree that valid and reliable reference values are crucial for proper interpretation of test results of our patients and, therefore, indispensable for providing optimal care in respiratory medicine. In that sense, we owe the authors of such papers a lot. Multiple breath washout is likely to gain clinical relevance due to the recent availability of reference data. This may stimulate its clinical applicability in CF and other small airway diseases. http://bit.ly/2Wa72qE

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来自鼓舞人心的过去的新风：学龄儿童多次呼吸冲洗的正常现象

通常，过去对我们的帮助比我们意识到的要多。《欧洲呼吸杂志》从大约 30 年前的儿童早期就已经证明，发布各种肺功能测试的参考值是优先考虑的事情。虽然有人可能会争辩说，公布肺功能测试的参考值不会产生诺贝尔奖，但每个人都会同意，有效和可靠的参考值对于正确解释我们患者的测试结果至关重要，因此对于提供最佳护理必不可少。呼吸内科。从这个意义上说，我们欠这些论文的作者很多。由于最近可获得参考数据，多次呼气冲洗可能会获得临床相关性。这可能会激发其在 CF 和其他小气道疾病中的临床适用性。http://bit.ly/2Wa72qE