作者
Emil S Walsted, Bamidele Famokunwa, Louise Andersen, Sune L Rubak, Frederik Buchvald, Lars Pedersen, James Dodd, Vibeke Backer, Kim G Nielsen, Andrew Getzin, James H Hull
发表日期
2021/4/1
期刊
ERJ Open Research
卷号
7
期号
2
出版商
European Respiratory Society
简介
Background
Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is a common cause of exertional breathlessness and wheeze yet is frequently misdiagnosed as asthma. Insight regarding the demographic characteristics, laryngeal abnormalities and impact of EILO is currently limited, with data only available from individual centre reports. The aim of this work was to provide a broader perspective from a collaboration between multiple international expert centres.
Methods
Five geographically distinct clinical paediatric and adult centres (3 Denmark, 1 UK, 1 USA) with an expertise in assessing unexplained exertional breathlessness completed database entry of key characteristic features for all cases referred with suspected EILO over a 5-year period. All included cases completed clinical asthma workup and continuous laryngoscopy during exercise (CLE) testing for EILO.
Results
Data were available for 1007 individuals (n …
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