This epidemiological survey was done to evaluate the bronchial responsiveness (BHR) to a 4.5% hypertonic saline (HS) challenge in 13-14 year-old schoolchildren. BHR was measured by the response-dose ratio in which the response was estimated by the decline of FEV 1 index of BHR (IxFEV 1 ). Validity o
S40.1: Different methods to assess bronchial responsiveness to hypertonic saline in children
✍ Scribed by Gisela Büchele; Hans Böhmann; Gudrun Weinmayr; Ulrich Keil; Wolfgang Leupold; Erika von Mutius; Stephan K. Weiland
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0323-3847
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