Background: Bronchial provocation tests such as exercise, methacholine (MCH), and adenosine-5′-monophosphate (AMP) challenges are used extensively in the diagnosis of asthma. A study was undertaken to ...

Dynamic lung volumes (forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 0·5 second and in 1·0 second), static lung volumes (total lung capacity, functional residual capacity, residual volume), and ...

Objective Asthma often coexists with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The effect of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) treatment on asthma concomitant with GERD was inconsistent. This study aimed ...