Long-term follow-up and bronchial reactivity testing in survivors of the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
Long-term follow-up of 9 survivors of the adult respiratory distress syndrome at 39 to 83 months demonstrated 2 patients with continued improvement of their restrictive pattern, 3 patients with stable mild obstructive disease, one patient who had had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease before the adult respiratory distress syndrome with continued pulmonary deterioration, and 4 patients without symptoms and with normal pulmonary function tests. Attention is drawn to bronchial reactivity as defined by a bronchodilator response of more than 60 per cent increase in maximal mid-expiratory flow, positive methacholine challenge, or development of bronchospasm after exercise in 3 patients having clinical symptoms of wheezing on recovery.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008450:Maximal Midexpiratory Flow Rate; D008688:Methacholine Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014797:Vital Capacity
D008688:Methacholine Compounds