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Lead
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Age
18–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients with clinical diagnosis of persistent asthma
FEV1 \<60% predicted more than one year
Reversibility of bronchial obstruction after administration of bronchodilators at least 10% in FEV1 on spirometry.
You may not be if
patients unable to understand or perform the spirometric maneuver or failed to keep in proper positioning to obtain the scintigraphic images
History of smoking over the past three years associated with a consumption greater than 100 cigarettes per year or who had history of smoking increased 10 years
pulmonary comorbidities such as COPD, bronchiectasis and tuberculosis sequelae
Pregnancy and any contraindication to the use of PEP, such as active hemoptysis, sinusitis, surgery or facial trauma, oral or injury, epistaxis, esophageal surgery and nausea.
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