Background: In diagnosing cough due to asthma, methacholine chloride inhalation
challenge (MIC) interpreted in a traditional fashion has been shown to have positive …

Study Objective: To determine whether wheezing on maximal forced exhalation is a
predictor of asthma in persons with normal or nearly normal baseline spirometry. Design …

To determine the predictive value of wheeze compared to methacholine inhalation
challenge (MIC) in diagnosing asthma, we prospectively evaluated 34 patients considered …

Cough, dyspnea, and chest pain are symptoms common to many cardiopulmonary
diseases. A comprehensive evaluation, including a history, physical examination, ECG …

The frequency with which disagreement occurs between the clinician's diagnosis of asthma
and the objective measurement of methacholine airway responsiveness is not known. We …

Methacholine inhalation tests are used to help in the diagnosis of asthma when spirometry is
normal. However, the significance of increased methacholine responsiveness in patients …

Background Cough is the most common complaint for which adults see a physician in the
ambulatory setting in the United States. An anatomical diagnostic protocol has been used …

Objectives: To evaluate a stepwise approach to chronic cough that emphasized initial
treatment of all patients with an antihistamine-decongestant for postnasal drip and to …

The hypothesis that eosinophilic airway inflammation is present in many patients presenting
with respiratory symptoms suggestive of asthma but with normal lung function was tested …

In asthmatic subjects cough can be related to the degree of airway inflammation. The aim of
this study was to evaluate the effect of treatment with high dose inhaled beclomethasone …