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Title:

Whole-Body Plethysmography in Suspected Asthma: A Prospective Study of Its Added Diagnostic Value in 302 Patients.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Schneider, Antonius; Schwarzbach, Johannes; Faderl, Bernhard; Hautmann, Hubert; Jörres, Rudolf A
Abstract:
Whole-body plethysmography (WBP) with bronchial challenge testing to measure the (specific) airway resistance, (s)R(AW), is considered to be a more sensitive diagnostic procedure than spirometry, which can only measure the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). The evidence for the added diagnostic value of WBP is not yet conclusive.In a prospective diagnostic study, we carried out WBP with bronchial challenge testing as well as a bronchodilation test in 400 patients with suspected asthm...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Dtsch Arztebl Int
Year:
2015
Journal volume:
112
Journal issue:
24
Pages contribution:
405-11
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.3238/arztebl.2015.0405
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26159217
Print-ISSN:
1866-0452
TUM Institution:
I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie); Lehrstuhl für Allgemeinmedizin (Prof. Schneider) (keine SAP-Zuordnung!)
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