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We thank F. Guezguez and H. Ben Saad for raising important questions on recommendations for assessing a bronchodilator response (BDR) in children. The authors summarise how recommended outcome measures and cut-offs for BDR in children vary between guidelines, and raise questions about our study [1].
Abstract
More research is needed to evaluate the usefulness of diagnostic tests for asthma in children and cut-offs should be critically questioned and defined based on evidence from the patient population of interest https://bit.ly/33xjLVW
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: C.C.M. de Jong has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: E.S.L. Pedersen has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: R. Mozun has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: M. Goutaki has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: D. Trachsel has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: J. Barben has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: C.E. Kuehni has nothing to disclose.
- Received March 10, 2020.
- Accepted March 13, 2020.
- Copyright ©ERS 2020