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reactive airways disease

Nonspecific term used in reference to asthma &/or bronchitis in which reversible bronchospasm occurs. Use of the term is discourage. [1] Special laboratory: - pulmonary function testing Differential diagnosis: - reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS) - airway hyperreactivity to methacholine challenge

Related

reversible airway disease

Specific

asthma bronchitis

General

lower respiratory tract disease

References

  1. Fahy JV and O'Bryne PM Reactive Airways Disease Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med 2001 163:822-823 PMID: 11282751 http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/163/4/822