Inducible laryngeal obstruction: an official joint European Respiratory Society and European Laryngological Society statement

T Halvorsen, ES Walsted, C Bucca… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) describes an inappropriate, transient, reversible
narrowing of the larynx in response to external triggers. ILO is an important cause of a …

Guidelines for evaluating chronic cough in pediatrics: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

AB Chang, WB Glomb - Chest, 2006 - Elsevier
Objectives: To review relevant literature and present evidence-based guidelines to assist
general and specialist medical practitioners in the evaluation and management of children …

Rhinitis and onset of asthma: a longitudinal population-based study

R Shaaban, M Zureik, D Soussan, C Neukirch… - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Background A close relation between asthma and allergic rhinitis has been reported by
several epidemiological and clinical studies. However, the nature of this relation remains …

Recommendations for the management of cough in adults

AH Morice, L McGarvey, I Pavord - Thorax, 2006 - thorax.bmj.com
1.1 Background Patients with cough frequently present to clinicians working in both primary
and secondary care. 1, 2 Acute cough, which often follows an upper respiratory tract …

[PDF][PDF] Forced oscillation technique and impulse oscillometry

HJ Smith, P Reinhold, MD Goldman - European Respiratory …, 2005 - researchgate.net
Conventional methods of lung function testing provide measurements obtained during
specific respiratory actions of the subject. In contrast, the forced oscillation technique (FOT) …

Difficult asthma

PJ Barnes, AJ Woolcock - European Respiratory Journal, 1998 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Asthma is usually easy to manage, but approximately 5% of patients are not controlled even
on high doses of inhaled corticosteroids. It is important to assess these patients carefully in …

Allergic rhinobronchitis: the asthma–allergic rhinitis link

FER Simons - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 1999 - Elsevier
Allergic rhinitis and asthma are linked by epidemiologic, histologic, physiologic, and
immunopathologic characteristics and by a common therapeutic approach …

A comparison of the validity of different diagnostic tests in adults with asthma

CJ Hunter, CE Brightling, G Woltmann, AJ Wardlaw… - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Study objectives Diagnosing asthma is not always easy, and there are times when objective
tests can be helpful. The extent to which these tests alter the probability of asthma depends …

Airway inflammation, airway responsiveness and cough before and after inhaled budesonide in patients with eosinophilic bronchitis

CE Brightling, R Ward, AJ Wardlaw… - European Respiratory …, 2000 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Eosinophilic bronchitis is a common cause of chronic cough, characterized by sputum
eosinophilia similar to that seen in asthma, but unlike asthma the patients have no objective …

Allergic rhinitis and asthma comorbidity in a survey of young adults in Italy

M Bugiani, A Carosso, E Migliore, P Piccioni… - Allergy, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Several studies have provided evidence of a strong association between
asthma and allergic or nonallergic rhinitis, leading to the hypothesis that allergic rhinitis (AR) …