Wednesday, 7 December 2011: 11:10 - 11:30
Gran Cancún 2 (Cancún Center)
Charles Irvin
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University of Vermont, Colchester, VT
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the structural basis of small airway resistance and the "silent zone" of the lung
- Discuss the pathognesis and patho-physiological mechanisms of small airway disease
- Understand the relationship of small airways disease to AHR and symptoms of asthma
- Appreciate the pattern PFT results that suggest small airway dysfunction