Is exhaled nitric oxide a useful adjunctive test for assessing asthma?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 955-960

  Bernstein, Jonathan A ^a,b   Davis, Ben ^a   Alvarez Puebla, Mara J ^c   Levin, Linda ^d   Olaguibel, Jose M ^c  

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

^b Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^c Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^d Department of Environmental Health and Biostatistics ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma Control Test (ACT); Forced expiratory volume in the first second of exhalation (FEV1); Forced vital capacity (FVC); Fractionated exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO); Percent predicted FEV1 ( FEV1); Percent predicted FEV1 FVC ( FEV1 FVC)

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; ATOPY; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 70449631646     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770900903265804     Document Type: Article

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