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bronchodilator responsiveness
Indications:
- component of pulmonary function test
- conventional wisdom
- asthma have bronchodilator responsiveness
- patients with COPD have irreversible obstruction
- in a large cohort, bronchodilator responsiveness failed to distinguish asthma & COPD
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bronchodilator
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clinical procedure
References
- Beasley R et al.
Prevalence, diagnostic utility and associated characteristics of bronchodilator
responsiveness.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024 Feb 15; 209:390.
PMID: 38029294 PMCID: PMC10878375 Free PMC article
https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.202308-1436OC