Hogg J C
Pulmonary Research Laboratory, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Clin Chest Med. 1993 Dec;14(4):733-40.
The term bronchiolitis refers to the presence of an inflammatory response in the respiratory bronchioles. This article summarizes the current general agreement that the inflammatory process present in bronchiolitis is responsible for the changes seen in the airways in both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
细支气管炎一词指的是呼吸性细支气管存在炎症反应。本文总结了目前的普遍共识,即细支气管炎中存在的炎症过程是哮喘和慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)气道中所见变化的原因。