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Vital capacity and inspiratory capacity as additional parameters to evaluate bronchodilator response in asthmatic patients: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Bronchodilator response in patients with asthma is evaluated based on post-bronchodilator increase in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1)) and forced vital capacity (FVC). However, the need for additional parameters, mainly among patients with severe asthma, has already been d...

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Autores principales: Azevedo, Karen S, Luiz, Ronir R, Rocco, Patricia RM, Conde, Marcus B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22950529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-12-49