Lung clearance index and steroid response in pediatric severe asthma.

Samantha IrvingLouise FlemingFatima AhmadElizabeth BiggartYvvone BinghamJames CookPippa HallAngela JamalzadehPrasad NagakumarCara BossleyAtul GuptaKenneth MacleodSejal SaglaniAndrew Bush

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2020)

There is a subgroup of children with STRA in whom LCI is elevated who improve following parenteral steroids. LCI may be a valuable additional domain in assessing steroid response in pediatric asthma.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
young adults
lung function
air pollution
study protocol
phase iii