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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Employing Bronchoscopy To Guide Effective Treatment For Refractory Asthma

 
 

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via Ask a Health Expert by www.medicalnewstoday.com on 3/24/12

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Using a bronchoscope to visually examine the airways and collect fluid and tissue can help guide effective therapy for difficult-to-treat asthma patients, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. Reporting in the March 2012 issue of the journal Chest, the researchers identified five distinct phenotypes among the refractory asthma patients, and successfully treated four of them, often with reduced asthma medications...

 
 

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