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Question: Among athletes referred to a hospital asthma service, what proportion have exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction?
Question type: Descriptive
Study design: Retrospective chart review
To understand the prevalence and characteristics of exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO), a group of diagnoses that includes exercise-induced laryngomalacia and vocal cord dysfunction, investigators from Denmark and the United Kingdom reviewed the medical records of all athletes referred to the asthma service at a Danish academic hospital over a 2-year period. Athletes were defined as those who exercised >10 hours per week. Each participant received a clinical assessment of respiratory symptoms, had anthropometric data collected (age, gender, and BMI), had atopic status measured by skin prick or radioallergosorbent test, and received a baseline pulmonary function test and bronchodilator reversibility (BDR) …
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