Open AccessWhen to perform a bronchial challenge with mannitol?
Author(s) -
Claudio M. Sanguinetti
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
multidisciplinary respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2049-6958
pISSN - 1828-695X
DOI - 10.4081/mrm.2011.431
Subject(s) - bronchoconstriction , airway hyperresponsiveness , spirometry , medicine , asthma , airway , lung function , bronchial hyperresponsiveness , intensive care medicine , immunology , anesthesia , lung , respiratory disease
Variable airflow limitation can be diagnosed by spirometry in asthmatic patients or provoked in a lung function laboratory by getting patients to in- hale substances that induce bronchoconstriction, so making it possible to detect and measure the airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) frequently associated with the diagnosis of asthma [...]