Development of a 1-concentration-4-step dosimeter protocol for methacholine testing

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 607-613

  Merget, Rolf ^a   Jörres, Rudolf A ^b   Heinze, Evelyn ^a   Haufs, Michael G ^a   Taeger, Dirk ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Concentration; Dose response slope; Dosimeter; Methacholine; Protocol

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; BRONCHOCONSTRICTING AGENT; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEBULIZATION; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; INHALATION TEST; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60949086313     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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