Small airway function in children with mild-to-moderate asthmatic symptoms and healthy controls.

CONCLUSION: Subtle changes were observed in the proposed small airway indices of IOS, spirometry, and exhaled NO among children with mild-tomoderate recurrent wheezing. Small airway dysfunction, expressed as ventilation inhomogeneity indices and CALV, was also associated with asthma exacerbations and EIB.
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Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - July 27, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Knihtilä H, Kotaniemi-Syrjänen A, Pelkonen AS, Mäkelä MJ, Malmberg LP Tags: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol Source Type: research