Airway resistance measurements in pre-school children with asthmatic symptoms: The interrupter technique

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 955-964

  Kooi, E M W ^a   Schokker, S ^b   van der Molen, T ^b   Duiverman, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Interrupter technique; Lung function; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; MONTELUKAST; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY; WHEEZING;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646053146     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.09.007     Document Type: Review

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