Inhaled mannitol identifies methacholine-responsive children with active asthma

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-298

  Subbarao, Padmaja ^a   Brannan, John D ^b   Ho, Bernard ^a   Anderson, Sandra D ^b   Chan, Hak Kim ^c   Coates, Allan L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Hospital for Sick Children ^*

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Bronchial challenge; Child; Mannitol; Methacholine

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; CHILD; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MANNITOL; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OXYGEN; POWDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034024614     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(200004)29:4<291::AID-PPUL9>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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