ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2019
Usefulness of impulse oscillometry for the assessment of bronchodilator response in elderly patients with chronic obstructive airway disease.
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- Small Airways Response to Bronchodilators in Adults with Asthma or COPD: A Systematic Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePooled it
- High-flow nasal cannula improves respiratory impedance evaluated by impulse oscillometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Clinical characteristics, symptom burden, and pulmonary function trajectories of spirometry- and MMEF-defined bronchodilator responsiveness in COPD: a single-center prospective study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Impulse oscillometry values calibrated against spirometric obstruction in children with suspected asthma.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Comparison of oscillometry with lung function parameters between patients with stable bronchial asthma with airflow obstruction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Early benefit of mepolizumab on small airways in severe asthma: insights from the IMPOSE study.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Improving asthma outcomes: Clinicians' perspectives on peripheral airways.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2024Article
- Clinical characterization and outcomes of impulse oscillometry-defined bronchodilator response: an ECOPD cohort-based study.Respiratory research · 2024Observational
- Oscillometry in Lung Function Assessment: A Comprehensive Review of Current Insights and Challenges.Cureus · 2023Review
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- The prevalence of bronchodilator responsiveness of the small airway (using mid-maximal expiratory flow) in COPD - a retrospective study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
- Potentiality of impulse oscillometry to evaluate bronchodilator reversibility in untreated adult patients with newly diagnosed asthma.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2022Article
- Beneficial short-term effect of autogenic drainage on peripheral resistance in childhood cystic fibrosis disease.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundImpulse oscillometry (IOS) is a noninvasive and convenient technique to measure both airway resistance and reactance. This study aimed to evaluate whether IOS can be used to measure bronchodilator response (BDR) in elderly patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and also describe the difference between asthma and COPD.
methodsSeventy patients (30 and 40 with asthma and COPD, respectively) over 65 years of age were enrolled. IOS and spirometry measurements were obtained before and after bronchodilator administration. Correlation analysis was used to compare the percentage changes in spirometry and IOS parameters after bronchodilator administration between the asthma and COPD groups.
resultsThe changes in IOS parameters after bronchodilator administration were strongly correlated with changes in forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV
conclusionsIOS serves as a reliable and useful technique for identifying BDR in elderly patients with chronic obstructive airway disease. There was a difference in IOS parameters between the asthma and COPD groups; however, it was difficult to distinguish between both diseases. Further larger studies are required to investigate the real implications of using IOS in the clinical practice.
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