Rev Pneumol Clin
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Asthma is a heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease. The respiratory functional tests are sometimes insufficient to confirm the diagnosis. Other tools are developed to estimate the bronchial inflammation such as tests of bronchial provocation, measure of exhaled nitric oxide, induced sputum and exhaled breath condensate. This review presents these non-invasive methods, approaches their interests on the identification of the disease and the treatment.
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Inhalation of foreign bodies is rare in adults. Inhalation of scarf pin is a phenomenon more frequent in the female population in Morocco. The aim of our study was to describe the characteristics of this particular foreign body and illustrate the circumstances and consequences of its inhalation. ⋯ The scarf pin is a foreign body especially more common in women who wear the Islamic veil. Flexible bronchoscopy is an essential means of therapy, but the best preventive treatment is avoiding to put in the mouth sharp objects.