Guidelines / Publications
Guidelines
Guidelines
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
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
Bronchial Challenge Testing in Children
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
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
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 in Clinical Trials and Drug Development
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