What does a highly positive bronchodilator test indicate in a patient with chronic airflow obstruction?

M. Cerda (Palma, Spain)

Source: International Congress 2017 – Classifying COPD with multidimensional scores and biomarkers
Session: Classifying COPD with multidimensional scores and biomarkers
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 1104
Disease area: Airway diseases

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
M. Cerda (Palma, Spain). What does a highly positive bronchodilator test indicate in a patient with chronic airflow obstruction?. 1104

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
The bronchodilator test in patients with chronic airway obstruction: the responsiveness of lung function parameters
Source: International Congress 2018 – Respiratory physiology and measurements
Year: 2018

Significance of the forced oscillation technique for evaluation of the bronchodilation test in patients with initial mild airway obstruction
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Unusual tools for evaluating obstructive diseases
Year: 2020


A negative result of airway reversibility test in obstructive airway disease does not mean no reserve of lung function
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Monitoring with lung function tests in airway diseases
Year: 2011


Which respiratory function test for which lung disease
Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Lung function measurements and predicted values from infants to 100-year-old adults
Year: 2005

Does dyspnea perception match the severity of airway obstruction in COPD outpatients?
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 57s
Year: 2004

Poverty cannot be inhaled and it is not a genetic condition. How can it be associated with chronic airflow obstruction?
Source: Eur Respir J, 49 (6) 1700823; 10.1183/13993003.00823-2017
Year: 2017



Unsupervised self-testing of airway obstruction by forced oscillation at the patient's home
Source: Eur Respir J 2003 Oct 01;22(4):668-671
Year: 2003



Bronchial challenge test in patients with chronic persistent cough and asthma
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 475s
Year: 2003

Airway obstruction reversibility test in the assessment of COPD severity
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 57s
Year: 2005

Increase of FeNO after acute bronchodilation test in asthmatic patients: a clue for small airways disease?
Source: International Congress 2019 – Airway physiology
Year: 2019


Significance of persistent airflow obstruction in patients with severe asthma
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 406s
Year: 2002

Modified test to identify the reversibility of bronchial obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Source: International Congress 2018 – Respiratory physiology and measurements
Year: 2018

Interpreting thresholds for a clinically significant change in health status in asthma and COPD
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 19: 398-404
Year: 2002



Spirometry to detect and manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in the primary care setting
Source: ISSN=ISSN 1025-448x, ISBN=ISBN 1-904097-36-7, page=1
Year: 2005

FEV1 is not sufficient for assessing bronchodilator reversibility in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 121s
Year: 2004

Montelukast can improve isolated nocturnal hypoxemia in stable COPD patients with positive reversibility test
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 427s
Year: 2006

What defines airflow obstruction in asthma?
Source: Eur Respir J 2009; 34: 568
Year: 2009



sGaw as an alternative for FEV1 in the measurement of airway responsiveness to methacholine in patients experiencing chronic cough
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Lung function today and tomorrow I
Year: 2011


Airway calibre variability by forced oscillation technique: a sensitive indicator of bronchodilator effect in asthmatic children
Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Monitoring paediatric asthma
Year: 2005


Defining airways obstruction – fixed ratio versus lower limit of normal
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Management of COPD: pushing forward the boundaries in primary care
Year: 2007