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Cross-sectional phenotyping of small airway dysfunction in preschool asthma using the impulse oscillometry system.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 May 2021
Bokov Plamen, Bafunyembaka Gabriel, Medjahdi Noria, Bernard Agnès, Essalhi Mohamed, Houdouin Véronique, Peiffer Claudine, Delclaux Christophe
Abstract excerpt
Objective. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disorder known to induce small airways dysfunction (SAD). It is important to develop tools to assess the presence and extent of SAD in daily clinical practice. An Impulse Oscillometry System (IOS) might detect SAD, but the validity of the underlying model (serial Resistive airway and Compliant tissue model: RC model) in diseased lungs remains...
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