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Bronchial hyper- responsiveness
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Introduction
What is this tutorial about
Airway reactivity
What is hyperresponsiveness
Reactivity
Dose-response curves
Measures of bronchial reactivity
Questions 1-5
Penetration and deposition of inhaled particles
Deposition in lower airways
Deposition pattern in airways
Questions 6-7
Airway model
Cartilage
Smooth muscles
Mucosa, submucosa, vessels
Initial airway diameter
Lung elasticity
Questions 8-9
Nervous control
Pre- and postjunctional factors
Prejunctional factors
Postjunctional factors
Questions 10-13
Assessment in practice
A more general view
Hyperresponsiveness
Airway responsiveness
What is hyperresponsivess?
Reactivity
Dose-response curves
Measures of bronchial hyperresponsiveness
Questions
1
2
3
4
5
Question 3
Are hyperresponsiveness and hyperreactivity the same or do they denote different phenomena?
Yes, they are.
No, they are not.
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