Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on small airways in asthma: Investigation using impulse oscillometry
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Relating small airways to asthma control by using impulse oscillometry in children.
BACKGROUND Previous reports suggest that the peripheral airways are associated with asthma control. Patient history, although subjective, is used largely to assess asthma control in children because spirometric results are many times normal values. Impulse oscillometry (IOS) is an objective and noninvasive measurement of lung function that has the potential to examine independently both small- ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1094-5539
DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2009.01.005