Association of FEF25-75% Impairment with Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness and Airway Inflammation in Subjects with Asthma-Like Symptoms | Zendy

Mario Malerba | Zendy; Alessandro Radaeli | Zendy; Alessia Olivini | Zendy; Giovanni Damiani | Zendy; Beatrice Ragnoli | Zendy; Valentina Sorbello | Zendy; Fabio Luigi Massimo Ricciardolo | Zendy

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Association of FEF25-75% Impairment with Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness and Airway Inflammation in Subjects with Asthma-Like Symptoms

Author(s) -

Mario Malerba,

Alessandro Radaeli,

Alessia Olivini,

Giovanni Damiani,

Beatrice Ragnoli,

Valentina Sorbello,

Fabio Luigi Massimo Ricciardolo

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

respiration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1423-0356

pISSN - 0025-7931

DOI - 10.1159/000443797

Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , spirometry , exhaled nitric oxide , bronchial hyperresponsiveness , gastroenterology , methacholine , sputum , immunology , respiratory disease , lung , pathology , tuberculosis

Forced expiratory flow at 25 and 75% of the pulmonary volume (FEF25-75%) might be considered as a marker of early airway obstruction. FEF25-75% impairment might suggest earlier asthma recognition in symptomatic subjects even in the absence of other abnormal spirometry values.

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