- Original Article
- Utility of a forced expiratory flow of 25 to 75 percent
as a predictor in children with asthma
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Jung Wan Kang, Kyung Won Kim, Eun Soo Kim, Jun Young Park, Myung Hyun Sohn, Kyu-Earn Kim
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2008;51(3):323-328. Published online March 15, 2008
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Purpose : Asthma is defined as chronic inflammation of the lower small airways, and bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) is a pathophysiologic feature of asthma. It has been proposed that although there is no direct variable capable of assessing the small airways, a forced expiratory flow of between 25 and 75 percent (FEF25-75) might be considered a more sensitive early marker of... |
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