Underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of asthma in the morbidly obese

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1356-1364

  Van Huisstede, Astrid ^a   Castro Cabezas, Manuel ^a   Van De Geijn, Gert Jan M ^a   Mannaerts, Guido H ^a   Njo, Tjin L ^a   Taube, Christian ^b   Hiemstra, Pieter S ^b   Braunstahl, Gert Jan ^a  

^a SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Keywords Asthma Misdiagnosis Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEUKOCYTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBID OBESITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WHEEZING;

ACQ; AQLQ; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; BHR; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS; DIFFUSION CAPACITY; DLCO; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; ERV; ESS; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEF(25-75); FENO; FEV(1); FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW AT 25% POINT TO THE 75% POINT OF FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN 1 S; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FRC; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; FVC; GASTRO OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE; GERD; ICS; IMPULSE OSCILLOMETRY; INHALED CORTICOSTEROID; IOS; MINI ASTHMA QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; MISDIAGNOSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; OBESITY; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; OSAS; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RV; SKIN PRICK TEST; SPT; TLC; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883051372     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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