Open AccessSmall-Airway Function Variables in Spirometry, Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide, and Circulating Eosinophils Predicted Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Patients with Mild Asthma
Author(s) -
Wuping Bao,
Xue Zhang,
Jingxue Yin,
Lei Han,
Zhenfei Huang,
Luhong Bao,
Chengjian Lv,
Huijuan Hao,
Yishu Xue,
Xin Zhou,
Min Zhang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of asthma and allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.162
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-6965
DOI - 10.2147/jaa.s295345
Subject(s) - medicine , spirometry , asthma , exhaled nitric oxide , pulmonary function testing , univariate analysis , gastroenterology , airway , provocation test , cardiology , vital capacity , receiver operating characteristic , anesthesia , pathology , lung , multivariate analysis , diffusing capacity , lung function , alternative medicine
Patients with variable symptoms suggestive of asthma but with normal forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV 1 ) often fail to be diagnosed without a bronchial provocation test, but the test is expensive, time-consuming, risky, and not readily available in all clinical settings.