title: [Response to the administration of corticosteroids in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma].
abstract: A spirometric study was performed in order to evaluate the response to the administration of 200 mg of salbutamol, just before and after the daily administration of 8 mg of triamcinolone, for an average period of 2 weeks, in 21 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma. Eleven patients responded with a significant increase of FVC or FEV1 or FEF25-75%, after administration of corticoid. Ten patients did not respond. In average there was a significant increase of the FVC and VEF1 (p < 0.01) and of FEF25-75% (p < 0.05) after the administration of corticoid. There was no significant difference between the responders and not responders when the age, initial FVC, FEV1 and FEF25-75% were taken in consideration. A significantly greater number of responders to corticoid responded also to the bronchodilator with an increase of FEF25-75%. There was a significant negative correlation between the intensity of the response to corticoid versus bronchodilator measured with delta FEF25-75%. The administration of corticoid did not change the response to bronchodilator.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Barbas Filho
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Barbas
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.forename: E dos S
authors.initials: Edos S
authors.lastname: Vianna
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lorenzi Filho
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013147:Spirometry; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014221:Triamcinolone; D000420:Albuterol
vernacular_title: Resposta à administração de corticosteróide em pacientes portadores de doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica e asma.