title: Lack of correlation between the grade of methacholine-induced bronchial hyperreactivity and ipratropium bronchodilation in asthmatics.
abstract: In 46 never-smoking randomly chosen patients with non-allergic asthma, 40 to 60 years old, a methacholine hyperreactivity test and lung function tests were performed after inhalation of different doses of ipratropium bromide (IB). The grade of hyperreactivity was measured as the cumulative dose of methacholine necessary to produce a decrease in the forced expiratory volume in one second of 20% of the lowest post-NaCl value (PD20). The following lung function tests were carried out: Lung volumes, ventilatory capacity including flow-volume curves, airway resistance and nitrogen single-breath wash-out test. The bronchodilator effect, measured as a change in the different lung function tests for different doses of IB given (0.08 mg, 0.15 mg and 0.25 mg), was correlated to the grade of hyperreactivity (PD20 dose). No or only a slight correlation was found between the grade of methacholine-induced hyperreactivity and the bronchodilator effects of the different doses of IB. These results indicate a lack of correlation between an anticholinergic bronchodilator effect and the grade of methacholine-induced bronchial hyperreactivity, or possibly an insensitivity of the above-mentioned methacholine test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hedenström
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wegener
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001286:Atropine Derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009241:Ipratropium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D008688:Methacholine Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests
chemical_list: D001286:Atropine Derivatives; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D009241:Ipratropium