Inspiratory muscle strength is an important variable in patients with neuromuscular or
skeletal disorders. It is usually assessed by measuring maximal inspiratory pressure (Pi …

Objectives To investigate the feasibility ofindividualized workload increments, as used in
adults, for exercisetesting in children; and to investigate whether this individualizedprotocol …

Study objective To determine the cell profile of BAL from infants with severe recurrent
wheezing who were not acutely ill at the time of investigation, suggesting an ongoing …

Objective: With changes in the predominant pathogenic factors in the new form of
bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a different pattern of CT findings may be expected. This …

Recurrent illness involving wheezing during the first years of life is transient in most children.
The role of bronchial hyperresponsiveness as a factor influencing the persistence of …

Wheezing during infancy has been linked to early loss of pulmonary function. We
prospectively investigated the relation between bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and …

BACKGROUND The repeatability of lung function tests and methacholine inhalation tests
was evaluated in recurrently wheezy infants over a one month period using the rapid …

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