Reversibility tests in chronic obstructive airways disease: their predictive value with reference to benefit from domiciliary nebuliser therapy

C Teale, JFJ Morrison, PC Jones, MF Muers - Respiratory medicine, 1991 - Elsevier
… COAD, reversibility tests of PEFR, spirometry and lung volumes do not correlate with response
to a home nebuliser. … method of assessing response to a home nebuliser in such patients. …

Alternative methods for assessing bronchodilator reversibility in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

J Hadcroft, PMA Calverley - Thorax, 2001 - thorax.bmj.com
… BACKGROUND Bronchodilator reversibility testing is … in bronchodilator reversibility testing
has not been examined. … placebo controlled trial of nebulised β agonists and anticholinergic …

Assessment of reversibility of airway obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive airways disease.

M Nisar, M Walshaw, JE Earis, MG Pearson… - Thorax, 1990 - thorax.bmj.com
… and 5 mg from a nebuliser.Symptoms and spirometric … treatment by metered dose inhaler.9
Moreover, a single 5 mg dose of salbutamol is safe and using this dose for reversibility testing

Bronchodilator reversibility testing: laboratory practices in Australia and New Zealand

BM Borg, DW Reid, EH Walters… - Medical journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… Six laboratories reported using either an MDI and spacer device or jet nebuliser. … of therapy
(2), FEV 1 /FVC ratio at baseline (1), and the patient's clinical condition at the time of testing (1…

Aerosol therapy of reversible airflow obstruction: Concepts and clinical applications

MT Newhouse, M Dolovich - Chest, 1987 - journal.chestnet.org
… Aerosol therapy is the most beneficial approach to treating reversible airflow obstruction (…
Thus, aerosol therapy with compressor or compressed gas cylinder driven nebulizer is being …

[HTML][HTML] Total reversibility testing as indicator of the clinical efficacy of formoterol in COPD

M Molimard, J Bourcereau, V Le Gros, I Bourdeix - Respiratory medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
… In contrast to the total reversibility test, standard reversibility test measured at each visit
was termed immediate reversibility test. The primary efficacy variable was the relationship …

Quality of life measurements and bronchodilator responsiveness in prescribing nebulizer therapy in COPD

C Brophy, JA Kastelik, E Gardiner… - Chronic respiratory …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
… capacity of one-off reversibility testing, to explore whether … and reversibility testing was
made at visit 1, week 0. Following two weeks’ treatment with low dose bronchodilator treatment, a …

Simplifying the assessment of patients with chronic airflow limitation for home nebulizer therapy

JM Goldman, C Teale, MF Muers - Respiratory medicine, 1992 - Elsevier
… Laboratory-based measurements of reversibility to bronchodilators would be an easier
method to assess outcome, but our results confirm that these tests, however applied, are not a …

[PDF][PDF] The therapeutic use of ultrasonic nebulizers in acute asthma

GD Phillips, FJC Millard - Respiratory medicine, 1994 - core.ac.uk
Reversible airway obstruction is a characteristic feature of asthma (1). On a … She was
therefore treated with inhaled normal saline produced by an ultrasonic nebulizer. After a test dose …

Comparison of nebulised salbutamol and ipratropium bromide with salbutamol alone in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

P Moayyedi, J Congleton, RL Page, SB Pearson… - Thorax, 1995 - thorax.bmj.com
… bronchitis with reversible airflow obstruction. … Reversibility tests in chronic obstructive
airways disease: their predictive value with reference to benefit from domiciliary nebuliser therapy. …