[The influence of multiple histamine inhalation on nonspecific airway hyperresponsiveness to histamine in patients with bronchial asthma].
The study was performed in 19 patients with stable mild/moderate asthma aged from 16 to 66. Nonspecific airway hyperresponsiveness (AH) to histamine was measured according to Cockcroft's et al. method and expresses as PC20H in mg/ml. The study was controlled by inhalation of PBS. The histamine or PBS challenges were performed three times at 45 min. intervals on the third day in case when the stability of AH on two preceding days was observed. The geometric means of PC20H (xg PC20H) during the consecutive three days did not change. They were 0.97, 0.92, 0.87 mg/ml (p > 0.05) respectively. Three times histamine challenges performed on the same day induced the decrease of AH (xg PC20H increased from 1.48 to 6.55 mg/ml) in 5 patients. In 4 other subjects the increase of AH was observed (xg PC20H decreased from 1.14 to 0.20 mg/ml). In 10 subjects the three times histamine challenges performed on the same day had no influence on AH to histamine.
Kroczyńska-Bednarek
J
J
Kliniki Pneumonologii i Alergologii IMW AM w Lodzi.
Grzelewska-Rzymowska
I
I
Bara
A
A
Cieślewicz
G
G
Grabski
W
W
Rozniecki
J
J
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006632:Histamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests
D006632:Histamine