Development of a tool to detect small airways dysfunction in asthma clinical practice.
Janwillem KocksThys van der MolenJaco VoorhamSimonetta BaldiMaarten van den BergeChris BrightlingLeonardo M FabbriMonica KraftGabriele NicoliniAlberto PapiKlaus F RabeSalman SiddiquiDave SinghJudith E VonkMarika LevingBertine M J Flokstra-de BlokPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2022)
primary care in many countries), patients with SAD could reasonably well be identified by asking about wheezing at rest and a few patient characteristics. In (advanced) hospital settings patients with SAD could be identified with considerably higher accuracy using spirometry and oscillometry.