title: [Interest for evaluation of bronchial inflammation in asthma].
abstract: Asthma is a heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease. The respiratory functional tests are sometimes insufficient to confirm the diagnosis. Other tools are developed to estimate the bronchial inflammation such as tests of bronchial provocation, measure of exhaled nitric oxide, induced sputum and exhaled breath condensate. This review presents these non-invasive methods, approaches their interests on the identification of the disease and the treatment.
authors: Service de Pneumologie et D'oncologie Thoracique, Hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, France. nathalie.glas@chu-st-etienne.fr
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Glas
authors: J-M
authors: JM
authors: Vergnon
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Pacheco
mesh_terms: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001944:Breath Tests; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D001985:Bronchial Provocation Tests; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D004804:Eosinophils; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000032:analysis; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D013147:Spirometry; D013183:Sputum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D018836:Inflammation Mediators