La complejidad del asma crónica y la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica: implicaciones para la evaluación del

Urs Frey1, Béla Suki

  • 1Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland.

Lancet (London, England)
|September 23, 2008
PubMed
Resumen

La evaluación del control del asma es un desafío debido a las exacerbaciones impredecibles. El análisis de fluctuación, un método de física, ofrece nuevos conocimientos sobre la dinámica del asma y predice futuros episodios de asma para un mejor manejo.

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