Exercise-induced Asthma - Diagnosis - Objective Testing - Pharmacological Challenge Tests

Pharmacological Challenge Tests

Pharmacological challenge tests, such as the methacholine challenge test, have a lower sensitivity for detection of exercise-induced asthma in athletes and are also not a recommended first-line approach in the evaluation of exercise-induced asthma.

Mannitol inhalation

Mannitol inhalation is a promising new method for documenting exercise-induced asthma and was recently approved for use in the United States.

It should be noted that a relatively recent review of the literature concluded that there is currently insufficient available evidence to conclude that either mannitol inhalation or eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation are suitable alternatives to exercise challenge testing to detect exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and that additional research is required.

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