Abstract:
:Airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma has been attributed to impaired ability of deep inspiration (DI) to stretch airway smooth muscle. We have retested this hypothesis by comparing the responses to methacholine of 10 asthmatic and 10 control subjects. After each dose subjects breathed tidally without deep inspiration for 4 min, followed by a forced partial expiration from which flow was measured at a constant volume, 35% baseline VC (Vp 35). This index is independent of both DI and increases in end-inspiratory lung volume (EILV). EILV increased significantly more in the asthmatic group than in the control group (15.0 versus 2.5% of baseline VC, p = 0. 019), a factor that if not taken into account would tend to mask the difference in the two responses. Comparisons were made after a cumulative dose of 50 microg methacholine, which was the highest dose common to all subjects. The asthmatic response was significantly greater than that seen in the control group, with reductions to 25.9 and 72.1% of baseline Vp 35, respectively (p = 0. 0007). We conclude that the sensitivity of asthmatic airways to methacholine is greater than that of normal airways even when DI is prohibited. Therefore, the hyperresponsiveness of asthmatic airways is not attributable simply to an inability of DI to stretch airway smooth muscle.
journal_name
Am J Respir Crit Care Medauthors
Burns GP,Gibson GJdoi
10.1164/ajrccm.158.1.9707125subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-07-01 00:00:00pages
203-6issue
1eissn
1073-449Xissn
1535-4970journal_volume
158pub_type
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