Heterogeneity of bronchoconstriction does not distinguish mild asthmatic subjects from healthy controls when supine

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-19

  Kaminsky, David A ^a   Irvin, Charles G ^a   Lundblad, Lennart K A ^a   Thompson Figueroa, John ^a   Klein, Jeffrey ^b   Sullivan, Michael J ^a   Flynn, Frank ^b   Lang, Sherburn ^a   Bourassa, Lorraine ^a   Burns, Stephanie ^a   Bates, Jason H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Airways hyperresponsiveness; Deep inflation; Frequency dependence; Lung attenuation; Respiratory system impedance; Supine

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SUPINE POSITION; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38349076492     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00519.2007     Document Type: Article

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