High-pitched breath sounds indicate airflow limitation in asymptomatic asthmatic children

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-403

  Habukawa, Chizu ^a   Nagasaka, Yukio ^b   Murakami, Katsumi ^c   Takemura, Tsukasa ^d  

^a National Hospital Organizaton Minami Wakayama Medical Center   (Japan)

^b Department of Pulmonary Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Asthma; Children; Lung sound; Sound spectrography

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUTICASONE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND DETECTION; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROSTADIENES; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849221590     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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