The non-allergic asthma of obesity: a matter of distal lung compliance.

Conclusions: Weight loss decompresses the lung in both obese controls and asthmatics, but the more pronounced effects of weight loss on lung elastance suggest that the distal lung is inherently more collapsible in asthmatics. PMID: 24821412 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24821412?dopt=Abstract

Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - May 12, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Al-Alwan A, Bates JH, Chapman D, Kaminsky DA, Desarno MJ, Irvin CG, Dixon AE Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research