Novel measure of lung function for assessing disease activity in asthma

Novel measure of lung function for assessing disease activity in asthma

IntroductionIn asthma, lung function measures are often discordant with clinical features such as disease activity or control.MethodsWe investigated a novel technique that provides a measure (σCL) of unevenness (inhomogeneity) in lung inflation/deflation. In particular, we compared σCL with FEV1% pr...

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Main Authors: Nayia Petousi, Nick P Talbot, Ian Pavord, Peter A Robbins, Nicholas M J Smith, John Couper, Christopher J Fullerton, Graham Richmond, Gus Hancock, Grant A D Ritchie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Online Access:https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000531.full

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