Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6242446 | Respiratory Medicine | 2013 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Besides overdiagnosis, there is also substantial underdiagnosis of asthma in the morbidly obese. Symptoms could be incorrectly ascribed to either obesity or asthma, and therefore also in the morbidly obese the diagnosis of asthma should also be based on pulmonary function testing.
Keywords
DLCOmini Asthma Quality of Life QuestionnaireERVAQLQOSASGERDFeNOFEV1ICSIOSACQBHRSPTFVCFRCESSTLCFEF25–75AsthmaImpulse oscillometryMisdiagnosisSkin prick testForced expiratory volume in 1 sResidual volumeExpiratory reserve volumeobstructive sleep apnea syndromebody mass indexBMIFunctional residual capacityforced vital capacityDiffusion capacityTotal lung capacityObesityEpworth sleepiness scaleNitric oxideBronchial HyperresponsivenessAsthma Control QuestionnaireInhaled corticosteroid
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Authors
Astrid van Huisstede, Manuel Castro Cabezas, Gert-Jan M. van de Geijn, Guido H. Mannaerts, Tjin L. Njo, Christian Taube, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Gert-Jan Braunstahl,