Is bronchodilation required routinely before diagnostic sputum induction? Evidence from studies with tuberculosis

Thorax. 2008 May;63(5):473-4. doi: 10.1136/thx.2007.091439.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bronchi / drug effects
  • Bronchodilator Agents
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peak Expiratory Flow Rate / physiology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Saline Solution, Hypertonic
  • Sputum / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Bronchodilator Agents
  • Saline Solution, Hypertonic