A Novel Air Trapping Segment Score Identifies Opposing Effects of Obesity and Eosinophilia on Air Trapping in Asthma.
Clarus LeungMonica C TangBrendan K HuangSean B FainEirc A HoffmanJiwoong ChoiEleanor M DunicanDavid T MaugerLoren C DenlingerNizar N JarjourElliot IsraelBruce David LevySally E WentzelKaharu SuminoAnnette T HastieJoshua SchirmCharles E McCullochMichael C PetersPrescott G WoodruffRonald L SorknessMario CastroJohn V Fahynull nullPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2023)
In patients with asthma, air trapping is more severe in those with airway eosinophilia and mucus plugging whereas those who are obese have less severe trapping because their lower lobe segments are spared.