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See Latest ArticlesInhaled mannitol as a test for bronchial hyper-responsiveness
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 10/12/09
Brannan JD et al. – A new BPT, involving the inhalation of dry powder mannitol, has recently been approved to identify BHR and is now in use as a diagnostic tool for currently active asthma. Airway sensitivity to mannitol identifies BHR that is dependent upon the presence of airway inflammation and would probably benefit from treatment with inhaled corticosteroids. The mannitol BPT is available commercially as a (single–use) test kit (Aridol/Osmohale), with the only additional requirement to perform the test being a spirometer. Accordingly, the mannitol BPT provides a point–of–need tool to identify BHR to assist in the diagnosis of asthma.
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