Specifications for signal processing and data handling used for infant pulmonary function testing

The aim of this present paper is to define minimal performance criteria for the separate items comprising signal processing and data handling used to measure respiratory function in infants. These guidelines cover numerous as pects including: signal processing, data handling and subsequent analysis, reporting of results, demographics and handling of reference values. Adhere nce to these guidelines should ensure that infant lung function measurement s can be performed with an acceptable degree of safety, precision, and repr oducibility. Furthermore, they will facilitate multicentre collection of da ta and the performance of clinical investigations.