Reduced subjective awareness of bronchoconstriction provoked by methacholine in elderly asthmatic and normal subjects as measured on a simple awareness scale.

BACKGROUND: Asthma death rates are rising, with the greatest rise and highest death rates in old age. A reduced cardiovascular response in the elderly may lead to the underestimation by physicians of the severity of acute asthma attacks. This would be compounded if elderly patients had reduced aware...

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Published in:	Thorax
Main Authors:	Connolly, M J, Crowley, J J, Charan, N B, Nielson, C P, Vestal, R E
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 1992
Subjects:	Research Article
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC463802/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1496497/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1136/thx.47.6.410
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