FENO measurement and sputum analysis for diagnosing asthma in clinical practice

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-216

  Schneider, Antonius ^a   Schwarzbach, Johannes ^a   Faderl, Bernhard ^a   Welker, Lutz ^b   Karsch Völk, Marlies ^a   Jörres, Rudolf A ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophilic; Neutrophilic; Nitric oxide; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FRACTIONAL EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUTROPHILIA; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPUTUM; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84872111324     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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