Diagnostic comparison of methacholine and mannitol bronchial challenge tests for identifying bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Conclusion: Although mannitol showed better diagnostic performance than methacholine for identifying BHR in asthma, substantial between-study heterogeneity necessitates caution when interpreting the data. PMID: 32138564 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32138564?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Asthma - March 8, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research

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