Children with asthma use inhalers to relieve some of their symptoms, which include coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Credit: Tradimus / Wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
A new technology may help to non-invasively analyse lung sounds in children and infants at risk of an asthma attack.
In a study of 70 severely asthmatic children, the approach was useful for predicting attack symptoms and for identifying asymptomatic children at high risk for an asthma attack.
The results are published in Respirology.
More information: Respirology, DOI: 10.1111/resp.13109
Journal information: Respirology
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