AIM to investigate the spirometric response to the exercise challenge in asthmatic and non-asthmatic obese children. PATIENTS, MATERIALS AND METHODS it was a prospective, longitudinal, open label clinical trial with four groups of children from 8 to 16 years. The group 1 had 15 asthmatic non-obese children. The group 2 had 15 asthmatic obese children. The group 3 had 15 non-asthmatic obese ch...

PURPOSE To provide an overview of the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) without underlying asthma. DATA SOURCES Case presentation and review of the EIB Landmark Survey. CONCLUSIONS EIB is a common and well-described occurrence in patients with asthma, as well as in patients with no overt respiratory condition. Treatment with a short-acti...

Physician reporting of the service to insurance companies for reimbursement is multifaceted and perplexing to those who do not understand the factors to consider. Test selection should be individualized based on the patient's history and/or needs. Federal regulations concerning physician supervision of diagnostic tests mandate different levels of physician supervision based on the type and comp...

BACKGROUND Asthma is a common childhood illness, with a prevalence of 1 in 10 children. Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) is a common feature of asthma and is found more often in children than in adults. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and potential impact of various factors on the prevalence of EIB in Thokoza schoolchildren. METHODS Data were collected on respiratory health and the...

Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) is usually defined as one of the more common causes of exercise-induced dyspnoea (EID), causing difficult breathing during physical activity by obstruction of the airways, which is a hallmark of asthma. However, dyspnoea is a complex psycho-physiological symptom characterized by sensation of an increase in the perceived work of breathing which may manifest du...

Respiratory disorders are often a cause of morbidity in top level endurance athletes, more often compromising their performance and rarely being a cause of death. Pathophysiological events occurring during exercise, such as bronchospasm, are sometimes followed by clear pathological symptoms represented by asthma related to physical exertion or rarely by pulmonary edema induced by a strenuous ef...