A bronchial challenge test is a medical test used to assist in the diagnosis of asthma. The patient breathes in nebulized methacholine or histamine. Thus...

the bronchioles or small airways). Bronchial hyperresponsiveness can be assessed with a bronchial challenge test. This most often uses products like...

contraction stress test, bronchial challenge test, oral food challenge, or the ACTH stimulation test. In vitro diagnostics which test a sample of tissue...

[citation needed] Spirometry can also be part of a bronchial challenge test, used to determine bronchial hyperresponsiveness to either rigorous exercise...

congestion. In addition, typical tests used to accurately diagnose children with asthma, such as the bronchial challenge test, are not considered to be accurate...

pulmonary disease. This is accomplished through the bronchial challenge test, or methacholine challenge, in which a subject inhales aerosolized methacholine...

samples that are being analyzed are contaminated (either with room air or bronchial dead space air). Physicians have expressed concern at the improper use...

test to identify asthmatics than basic lung function testing (for airway obstruction). Its specificity is comparable to bronchial challenge testing,...

so maintains CO2 levels at normal. Medication challenge tests, such as the methacholine challenge test, have a lower sensitivity for detection of exercise-induced...

antigen testing, immediate hypersensitivity specific skin tests, and specific bronchial challenge tests can all be used for diagnosis. Chest radiography can...

airways; thus, the BrAC is most affected by the alcohol concentration in the bronchial circulation, which supplies blood to these airways. When the air reaches...

levels were elevated; and their airway resistance response to a bronchial challenge test was high. In contrast, mice fed a diet that increased their SC-FAs...

volume clamp-derived arterial pressure. Any bronchial secretions must be aspirated before performing this test. The legs should not be elevated manually...

bronchial tree, due to inflammation. Obstructive lung diseases are often identified because of symptoms and diagnosed with pulmonary function tests such...

allergic syndrome) Mercury exposure Smoking Overexposure to chlorine Bronchial obstruction (obstructive pneumonitis or post-obstructive pneumonitis)...

Transits (MCTs). Mast cell tumor Methacholine challenge test, a medical test to assess the degree of a bronchial hyperresponsiveness (e.g. in asthma). Munich...

Nondestructive testing (NDT) is any of a wide group of analysis techniques used in science and technology industry to evaluate the properties of a material...

point-of-care tests." The PROUD taskforce of 24 global RSV was developed to aid in "understanding and propose solutions to these challenges." The goal of...

larger airways that are transmitted through the inflamed lung are termed bronchial breathing and are heard on auscultation with a stethoscope. Crackles (rales)...

Normal breath sounds are classified as vesicular, bronchovesicular, bronchial or tracheal based on the anatomical location of auscultation. Normal breath...

where cells are scraped from the cervix with a cervical spatula, or bronchial brushings, where a bronchoscope is inserted into the trachea and used...

Wilkins. OCLC 230848069. Delacourt C (June 2004). "[Bronchial changes in untreated asthma]" [Bronchial changes in untreated asthma]. Archives de Pédiatrie...

disorder characterized by the recurrent formation of branching, rubbery bronchial casts composed primarily of proteinaceous and sometimes chylous material...

lodged in the airway Laser resection of tumors or benign tracheal and bronchial strictures Stent insertion to palliate extrinsic compression of the tracheobronchial...

Chronic bronchitis, an inflammation in the major airways such as the bronchial tubules, causes the coughing of coloured sputum. Most carriers of chronic...

washings, laryngeal swab, bronchoscopy (with bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial washings, and/or transbronchial biopsy), and fine needle aspiration (transtracheal...

fragrance products in a population-based sample in relation to atopy and bronchial hyper-reactivity". Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 35 (1): 75–81. doi:10...

selective for β2 receptors, which are the predominant receptors on the bronchial smooth muscles. Activation of these receptors causes adenylyl cyclase...

embolism, and pneumothorax. Diagnostic testing may include a chest X-ray, electrocardiogram (ECG), and blood tests. Treatment depends on the underlying...

rescued him late one night. He was found living in a tent and ill with bronchial pneumonia. His mother was arrested near the Mexican border after being...