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Bronchial Asthma
Andriy Lepyavko, MD, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine № 2
Methods of investigation
• Objectively: Tachypnoe with prolonged expiration, wheezing, dry rales
• Sputum analysis: eosinophils, Kurshman spirals (mucus from small bronchi), Sharko-Leiden crystals (enzymes of eosinophils)
• General blood analysis: mild leucocytosis, eosinophilia
• Spyrometry: decreased FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, increased daily variability
Comparative Flow-Volume Loops at Asthma