In order to assess the relationship between the physical fitness of asthmatics and the clinical expression of the underlying disease, the authors studied 39 physically active children with moderate to severe but stable asthma. The patients (25 boys and 14 girls, aged between 9 and 16 years) were submitted to clinical evaluation; spirometry before and after bronchodilator (BD); maximal cardiopul...

Using succinylcholine and inhalation agents for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is extremely risky. Those risks include heart failure, cardiac dysrhythmias, rhabdomyolysis and malignant hyperthermia. Even in emergent situations, such as intraoperative bronchospasm, succinylcholine and inhalational agents are often considered contraindicated. Nevertheless, if intraoperative bronchospas...

PURPOSE To investigate the effects of a 10-week water aerobic exercise on the resting blood pressure in patients with stage 1 or 2 hypertension referring to Tehran University Clinics. METHODS Forty men with stage 1 or 2 essential hypertension were assigned to two groups of intervention [n = 12; aged 48.33±10.74 years (mean±SD)] and control [n = 28; aged 46.96±11.58 years (mean±SD)]. Subjects ...

OBJECTIVE To determine prevalence of Exercise-induced Bronchospasm (EIB) in hockey players, who had represented or were aspiring to represent Pakistan at international level. METHOD An observational, cross-sectional study was done on the prevalence of EIB in national hockey players of Pakistan. All participants of the training camp (n = 27) players were included in this study, after obtaining...

background: asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. the available treatment options have major limitations owing to low efficacy, associated adverse events and compliance issues. therefore, the health burden of bronchial asthma is increasing globally at an alarming rate, providing a strong impetus for the development of new therapeutics. myrica sapida is known traditionally in...

The mechanisms of histamine- and bradykinin-induced reflex bronchospasm were determined in anesthetized guinea pigs. With intravenous administration, both autacoids evoked dose-dependent increases in tracheal cholinergic tone. Vagotomy or atropine prevented these tracheal reflexes. When delivered as an aerosol, bradykinin readily increased tracheal cholinergic tone, whereas histamine aerosols w...

the prevalence of exercise induced asthma (eia) in iran is not known. in the present study the  prevalence of  eia  among female students  of  guidance school  in the  city of mashhad was evaluated. a total of 1690 female students aged 12-14 years in ten randomly selected schools in north east of iran (mashhad) completed an asthma symptoms- specific questionnaire. one hundred forty four randoml...