Reactive Airways Disease

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 Diagnostic-procedures 4 Differential-diagnosis 5 More General Terms 6 Additional Terms 7 References

More Specific Terms

• asthma
• bronchitis

Introduction

• Nonspecific term used in reference to asthma &/or bronchitis in which reversible bronchospasm occurs. Use of the term is discourage. [1]

Diagnostic-procedures

• pulmonary function testing

Differential-diagnosis

• reactive airways dysfunction syndrome ( RADS)
• airway hyperreactivity to methacholine challenge

More General Terms

• lower respiratory tract disease

Additional Terms

• reversible airway disease

References

1. Fahy JV and O'Bryne PM Reactive Airways Disease Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med 2001 163:822-823 <PubMed> PMID: [1] <Internet> [2]

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