Tidal airway closure during bronchoconstriction in asthma: usefulness of lung volume measurements.
Tantucci
Claudio
C
Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, 1st Medicina, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy. tantucci@med.unibs.it
Guerini
Michele
M
Boni
Enrico
E
Corda
Luciano
L
Pini
Laura
L
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001985:Bronchial Provocation Tests; D016084:Bronchoconstriction; D005260:Female; D005652:Functional Residual Capacity; D006801:Humans; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D010993:Plethysmography, Whole Body; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation; D012115:Residual Volume; D013990:Tidal Volume; D014797:Vital Capacity
D010108:Oxyhemoglobins; D016210:Methacholine Chloride