Phenotype classification using the combination of lung sound analysis and fractional exhaled nitric oxide for evaluating asthma treatment

Background: We report the utility of combining lung sound analysis and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) for phenotype classification of airway inflammation in patients with bronchial asthma.We investigated the usefulness of the combination of the expiration-to-inspiration sound power ratio in...

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Main Authors: Terufumi Shimoda, Yasushi Obase, Yukio Nagasaka, Sadahiro Asai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Allergology International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893017301533