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Airway Dysfunction, Challenge Testing and Occupational Asthma

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Testing for airways dysfunction is a crucial part of pulmonary function testing. In this chapter we review the classification of reactive airways disease as well as the variety of challenge testing available to us. This variation reflects the heterogeneity of patient manifestation of airways dysfunction. We include testing for asthma, occupational airways disease, and exercise induced bronchoconstriction.

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Altalag, A., Road, J., Wilcox, P., Aboulhosn, K. (2019). Airway Dysfunction, Challenge Testing and Occupational Asthma. In: Altalag, A., Road, J., Wilcox, P., Aboulhosn, K. (eds) Pulmonary Function Tests in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93650-5_4

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