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Guidelines

Guidelines

CTS 2021 Guideline update: Diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults. Yang et al. 2021 

ERS technical standard on bronchial challenge testing: general considerations and performance of methacholine challenge tests, Coates 2017

ERS technical standard on bronchial challenge testing: pathophysiology and methodology of indirect airway challenge testing, Hallstrand 2018

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction update, Weiler 2016

European Respiratory Society Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Asthma in Adults, Louis 2022

European Respiratory Society clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma in children aged 5–16 years, Gaillard 2021

Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention, GINA 2022

Standardization of Spirometry 2019 Update. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Technical Statement, Graham 2019

Publications

Diagnosing Asthma

Reevaluation of diagnosis in adults with physician-diagnosed asthma, Aaron 2017

Underdiagnosis and Overdiagnosis of Asthma, Aaron 2018

Misdiagnosis of Asthma in Schoolchildren, Yang 2017

(Correcting) misdiagnoses of asthma: a cost effectiveness analysis, Pakhale 2011

Bronchodilation Test with Inhaled Salbutamol Versus Bronchial Methacholine Challenge to Make an Asthma Diagnosis: Do They Provide the Same Information? Louis 2020

Usefulness of mannitol challenge testing for diagnosing asthma in everyday clinical practice, Pedersen 2020

Inhaled Mannitol in the Diagnosis and the Management of Asthma, Anderson 2016

Diagnostic properties of inhaled mannitol in the diagnosis of asthma: A population study, Sverrild 2009

IOC Consensus Statement on Asthma in Elite Athletes, Ljungqvist 2008

Diagnosing EIB

Bronchial Provocation testing for the Identification of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction, Brannan 2020

Mannitol dry powder challenge in comparison with exercise testing in children, Barben 2011

Mannitol and Exercise Challenge Tests in Asthmatic Children, Kersten 2009

 

Bronchial Challenge Testing in Children

Inhaled Mannitol Identifies Methacholine-Responsive Children with Active Asthma, Subbarao 2000

Mannitol and Exercise Challenge Tests in Asthmatic Children, Kersten 2009

Mannitol dry powder challenge in comparison with exercise testing in children, Barben 2011

The Safety and feasibility of the inhaled mannitol challenge test in young children, Alblooshi 2013

Methacholine challenge testing is superior to the exercise challenge for detecting asthma in children, Zaczeniuk 2015

Predictive Factors for a Shortened Methacholine Challenge Protocol in Children, Proulx 2020

 

Sensitivity and Specificity

Usefulness of mannitol challenge testing for diagnosing asthma in everyday clinical practice, Pedersen 2020

Inhaled mannitol in the Diagnosis and the Management of Asthma, Anderson 2016

Diagnostic properties of inhaled mannitol in the diagnosis of asthma: A population study, Sverrild 2009

The Assessment of Validity of Different Asthma Diagnostic Tools in Adults, Yurkadul 2005

A Comparison of the Validity of Different Diagnostic Tests in Adults with Asthma, Hunter 2002

Safety and Efficacy

Methacholine bronchial provocation test for assessment of bronchial hyperresponsiveness in preschool children, Li 2019

Bronchial Provocation with Methacholine: Literature Review on Safety, TechEd 2010

The Safety and feasibility of the inhaled mannitol challenge test in young children, Alblooshi 2013

The Safety and efficacy of inhaled dry powder mannitol as a bronchial provocation test for airway hyperresponsiveness: a phase 3 comparison study with hypertonic (4.5%) saline, Brannan 2005

Methacholine challenge testing: Safety of low starting FEV1, Martin 1997

Usefulness and safety of pharmacologic Bronchoprovocation challenge in evaluating patients with normal spirometric tests who are suspected of having asthma. Pratter 1988

The Clinical value of pharmacologic bronchoprovocation challenge, Pratter 1984

Methacholine inhalation challenge studies, Townley 1979

Screening in Military, Police Forces and Fire Fighters

Baseline Spirometry as a Predictor of Positive Methacholine Challenge Testing for Exertional Dyspnea, Hunninghake 2022

Asthma tests in the assessment of military conscripts, Miedinger 2010

Diagnostic Tests for Asthma in Firefighters, Miedinger 2007

Use of Mannitol (Aridol) Bronchial Provocation Testing (testing for Australian Defence Force Personnel), Australian Government (Department of Defense) Health Bulletin No 8/2006

Assessing Occupational Asthma

The efficacy and safety of mannitol challenge in a workplace setting for assessing asthma prevalence, Menezes 2018

Use in Clinical Trials and Drug Development

The use of the mannitol test as an outcome measure in asthma intervention studies: a review and practical recommendations, Sverrild 2021

FDA Draft Guidance on Albuterol Sulfate, Mar 2020

Cost-Effectiveness of Objective Testing

Cost-effectiveness of implementing objective diagnostic verification of asthma in the United States, Yaghoubi 2020

(Correcting) misdiagnoses of asthma: a cost effectiveness analysis, Pakhale 2011

Beta Blockers and Response to Salbutamol

The impact of regular bisoprolol on response to salbutamol in asthma: A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial, Bennett 2020