Bronchial hyperreactivity in response to inhalation of ultrasonically nebulised solutions of distilled water and saline.
Bronchial hyperreactivity in response to inhalation of ultrasonically nebulised solutions of distilled water and saline.
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吸入超声雾化的蒸馏水和盐水溶液后出现支气管高反应性。
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.284.6313.417-a
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发表时间:
1982
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通讯作者:
R. Altounyan
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作者:
R. Schoeffel;S. Anderson;R. Altounyan
To assess non-specific bronchial reactivity the effect of inhaling ultrasonically nebulised solutions of distilled water and hypotonic (0 3%), isotonic (0 9%), and hyper- tonic (27%, 3 6%) saline was investigated in 10 asthmatic patients and nine normal subjects. Expired ventilation and the maximum percentage fall in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV,) were recorded. The sensi- tivity to the inhaled solutions was determined by measuring the ventilation required to induce a fall in FEV, of 20% from the prechallenge value. Hypotonic and hyper- tonic but not isotonic solutions caused a significant fall in FEV, in the asthmatic subjects. Normal subjects showed no response to either distilled water or 3 6% saline, the only solutions with which they were challenged. The method used for this challenge is rapid, simple, and inexpensive and provides a new means of diagnosing non-immunologically mediated bronchial hyperreac- tivity. Abstract The prevalence of HLA-DR antigens was determined in a group of white patients with rheumatoid arthritis, similar patients originating from the Indian subcontinent, and corresponding controls. Rheumatoid arthritis was found to be highly associated with DR4 in the white patients but with DR1 in the Indian patients. These results raise the possibility that the DR antigens themselves do not play a part in increasing susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis, but the locus for increased susceptibility is probably closely linked to the DR locus.