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Steroid insensitive fixed airflow obstruction is not related to airway inflammation in older non-smokers with asthma

Overview of attention for article published in Respiratory Research, September 2018
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Title
Steroid insensitive fixed airflow obstruction is not related to airway inflammation in older non-smokers with asthma
Published in
Respiratory Research, September 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12931-018-0880-2
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Authors

K. O. Tonga, G. G. King, C. S. Farah, C. Thamrin, F. S. Tang, J. Santos, P. Sharma, D. G. Chapman, B. G. Oliver

Abstract

There is limited evidence linking airway inflammation and lung function impairment in older non-smoking asthmatics with fixed airflow obstruction (FAO), which can develop despite treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). We assessed lung function (spirometry, forced oscillation technique (FOT)), lung elastic recoil and airway inflammation using bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in non-smoking adult asthmatics with FAO, following 2 months treatment with high-dose ICS/long-acting beta-agonist. Subjects demonstrated moderate FAO, abnormal FOT indices and loss of lung elastic recoil. This cross-sectional study showed a lack of a relationship between BAL neutrophils, eosinophils, inflammatory cytokines and lung function impairment. Other inflammatory pathways or the effect of inflammation on lung function over time may explain FAO development.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 14 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 3 21%
Student > Master 2 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 14%
Librarian 1 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 4 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 57%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 7%
Unknown 4 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 November 2018.
All research outputs
#7,717,825
of 25,385,509 outputs
Outputs from Respiratory Research
#993
of 3,062 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#125,915
of 350,978 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Respiratory Research
#23
of 64 outputs
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