Pulmonary function testing and bronchoprovocation--a simplified office procedure.
A critique of standardized bronchial provocation procedures is presented in order to make this increasingly important methodology more clinically popular. At the present time when sophisticated technology is taking the patient away from even well trained physicians, this is an attempt to abbreviate a valuable technique for the needs of a busy office practice. Pharmacologic bronchoprovocation with fewer mediator dilutions and the use of a simple spirogram can provide very satisfactory diagnostic information.
D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001986:Bronchial Spasm / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006632:Histamine; D008450:Maximal Midexpiratory Flow Rate; D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D014797:Vital Capacity
D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D006632:Histamine