Conference
Inhaled mannitol identifies methacholine‐responsive children with active asthma
Abstract
Inhaled mannitol has been developed for bronchial challenge testing in adults. This study determined if mannitol could identify children with active asthma and responsive to methacholine, and whether mannitol challenge was faster to complete than methacholine challenge. Twenty-five children (aged 6-13 years) responsive to methacholine and 10 nonasthmatic children unresponsive to methacholine were studied. The methacholine challenge (Cockcroft …
Authors
Subbarao P; Brannan JD; Ho B; Anderson SD; Chan H; Coates AL
Volume
29
Pagination
pp. 291-298
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
4 2000
DOI
10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(200004)29:4<291::aid-ppul9>3.0.co;2-a
Conference proceedings
Pediatric Pulmonology
Issue
4
ISSN
8755-6863