Apnoea induced by airflow obstruction.
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Defining airflow obstruction.
The authors of the article published recently in the European Respiratory Journal on the prevalence and correlates of airflow obstruction in >317 000 never-smoking Chinese subjects concluded that they found inconsistent associations with exposures to household air pollution and went on to outline what future work needed to be done [1]. In the first instance, they should present table 5 having r...
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Clinical asthma is estimated to occur in 4 to 7 percent of the US population, but respiratory symptoms are much more common. The correlation between asthma, tests of bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and symptoms is imprecise and difficult to ascertain. The prevalence of exercise-induced airflow obstruction is not well known in healthy adults. We studied 100 consecutive US Air Force members to det...
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This report questions several commonly used definitions and commonly accepted concepts. It suggest that the term, "chronic airflow obstructions," should replace the terms, "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease," "chronic obstructive lung disease," or "chronic airway obstruction," because it is flow that is obstructed. It is suggested the term, "chronic mucous hypersecretion," be used, rather t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.52.5.379