Publications by authors named "Deborah Fuchs-Climent"
Article Synopsis
- Inappropriate hyperventilation during exercise may be a distinct type of dysfunctional breathing (DB) in children with unexplained breathing issues despite normal test results.
- The study aimed to see if the Nijmegen questionnaire and hyperventilation provocation test (HVPT) could effectively distinguish inappropriate hyperventilation from other DB types in a group of 50 children.
- Results showed that both the Nijmegen score and the HVPT did not significantly differentiate between the children with and without hyperventilation, raising questions about the effectiveness of these diagnostic tools and the importance of the hyperventilation category itself.
Objectives: Exertional dyspnea during sport at school in children with asthma or in otherwise healthy children is commonly attributed to exercise-induced asthma (EIA), but when a short-acting beta agonist (SABA) trial fails to improve symptoms the physician is often at a loose end.
Design: The aims were to prospectively assess the causes of exertional dyspnea in children/adolescents with or without asthma using a cardiopulmonary exercise test while receiving a SABA and to assess the effects of standardized breathing/reassurance therapy.
Results: Seventy-nine patients (12.