In young children with troublesome lung symptoms, objective information is often missing from personalized treatment decisions. Now, there is Ventica!
Ventica lung function test is designed to detect bronchial obstruction in children under six years of age with recurrent wheeze. The nocturnal measurement is prescribed by healthcare professionals and the test is done at home by parents. Ventica is easy for parents to use as well as unobtrusive and comfortable for the child.
Ventica measurements reflect at-home “real-world” conditions for the child, and, quite unlike other lung function tests, a Ventica test can easily be repeated. A child’s lung function can now be measured on consecutive nights for as long as required.
The Ventica analysis of tidal breathing provides clinicians with a single numerical value, the Expiratory Variability Index (EVI®). A result is given when sufficient artefact-free data is gathered during the night. EVI is easy to interpret – a result in the normal range indicates the absence of bronchial obstruction. In patients on treatment, a normal EVI result indicates that their symptoms are under control.
“Ventica has opened a completely new horizon of respiratory medicine in small children for everyday practice, bringing the physicians and other caregivers as well as the parents more satisfaction, more control and an improved sense of safety for the child.”
Professor Davor Plavec, M.D., Srebrnjak Children’s Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia