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. 2021 Mar 17;34(1):23–29. doi: 10.1089/ped.2020.1270

Table 2.

Spirometry Measurements Including Mean Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second, Forced Vital Capacity, and Forced Expiratory Flow at 25–75% Values, Percent Predicted, and z-Scores During Hospitalization (Initial) and During Outpatient Follow-Up

Case Days to FU FVC (L) FVC (%) FVC (z) FEV1 (L) FEV1 (%) FEV1 (z) FEV1/FVC (%) FEF 25–75 (L) FEF 25–75 (%) FEF 25–75 (z) DLCO
1
 Initial 31 2.01 53.7 −3.98 1.76 53.0 −3.87 87 2.03 53.5 −2.49 75.2
 FU 3.19 85.1 −1.23 2.82 84.8 −1.29 88 3.22 84.8 −0.90 69.1
2
 Initial 29 4.45 84.6 −1.34 3.71 82.5 −1.48 83 3.73 75.8 −1.13 76.9
 FU 5.24 99.4 −0.05 4.03 89.4 −0.90 77 3.36 68.1 −1.53 N/A
3
 Initial 27 3.37 60.5 −3.47 3.04 64.2 −2.94 90 4.58 90.2 −0.44 77.4
 FU 5.59 99.8 0.70 5.03 105.5 0.47 90 6.72 131.4 1.29 N/A
4
 Initial 43 4.03 77.5 −1.97 3.35 75.4 −2.11 83 3.91 79.8 −0.92 N/A
 FU 5.81 111.5 0.99 4.50 113.1 1.15 77 3.88 79.1 −0.96 71.4
5
 Initial 26 2.30 74.4 −2.27 1.82 64.9 −2.89 79 1.70 48.6 −2.62 N/A
 FU 3.26 105.1 0.44 3.03 107.7 0.66 93 4.24 120.9 0.95 61.9
6
 Initial 92 3.90 94.8 −0.48 3.22 89.3 −0.89 83 3.80 91.8 −0.37 100.7
 FU 5.01 121.0 1.90 4.01 110.5 0.89 80 3.92 91.0 −0.26 N/A
7
 Initial 78 4.32 114.8 1.34 3.25 98.6 −0.12 75 2.59 67.9 −1.55 64.2
 FU 5.71 150.5 4.56 3.97 119.3 1.61 70 2.72 70.7 −1.40 87.3
8
 Initial 48 3.29 81.3 −1.55 2.97 83.2 −1.43 90 3.43 82.7 −0.83 54.1
 FU 3.80 93.7 −0.51 3.20 89.5 −0.89 84 3.17 76.4 −1.15 64.8
  FVC
FEV1
Mean FEV1/FVC (%) FEF 25–75
Mean (L) Mean (%) Mean (z) Mean (L) Mean (%) Mean (z) Mean (L) Mean (%) Mean (z)
Initial
3.46
80.20
−1.72
2.89
76.39
−1.97
83.75
3.22
73.79
−1.29
FU
4.70
108.26
0.85
3.82
102.48
0.21
82.38
3.90
90.30
−0.50
P 0.0004 0.0001 0.0002 0.0022 0.0015 0.0014 0.6836 0.1317 0.1224 0.1473

Each individual flow-volume loop can be found in the Supplementary Appendix Figure S1.

DLCO, diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide; FEF, forced expiratory flow; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in one second; FU, follow-up; FVC, forced vital capacity.