Background Asthma and allergic rhinitis have become a growing public health problem. The airflow obstruction, pathophysiological event that frames the bronchial asthma is usually determined by spirometry. Changes in expiratory flow in asthma are well known but there is controversy with these results in allergic rhinitis. The objective of this project is to compare spirometry values of young adu...

Bronchial thermoplasty is an intervention developed for the treatment of asthma through the delivery of radio frequency energy to the airways [1, 2]. Evidence for the efficacy and safety of bronchial thermoplasty in severe asthma is based on the results of three randomised controlled trials [3–5]. Two trials compared bronchial thermoplasty with usual care, the Asthma Intervention Research (AIR)...

Allergic response to common environmental agents has been regarded as a main pathogenetic mechanism of bronchial asthma. However, allergic sensitization (atopy) can not be detected in a siginificant number of adult asthmatic patients. The etiology of nonatopic asthma has not yet been defined. To evaluate the possible involvement of autoimmune response against bronchial mucosa in the pathogenesi...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of bronchial asthma on menstrual cycle. The study population consisted of 111 girls aged 8-17 years (58 girls with bronchial asthma and 53 healthy girls) of the mean age of 13.17+/-2.74 years. The age at menarche and menstrual cycle parameters were analyzed. Asthmatic girls started to menstruate earlier than healthy girls (P=0.0004). The severity...

Aas, K. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 221. Bronchial provocation tests in asthma. Bronchial provocation tests are necessary for precise aetiological diagnosis in bronchial asthma. This is illustrated by the results in 9,364 bronchial provocation tests compared with skin tests and nasal tests. The technique of bronchial provocation testing and its interpretation are described in ...

Aas, K. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 221. Bronchial provocation tests in asthma. Bronchial provocation tests are necessary for precise aetiological diagnosis in bronchial asthma. This is illustrated by the results in 9,364 bronchial provocation tests compared with skin tests and nasal tests. The technique of bronchial provocation testing and its interpretation are described in ...

It is not clear whether asymptomatic bronchial responsiveness is a risk factor for development of asthma. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of asthma among schoolchildren from Barcelona (Spain). The association between respiratory symptoms and bronchial responsiveness to exercise was examined. For this study 3,033 schoolchildren aged 13-14 yrs were studied from t...

Background. The control of severe bronchial asthma, such as corticosteroid-resistant asthma, is difficult. It is also possible that immunosuppressive agents would be effective for bronchial asthma. Case Summary. A 55-year-old Japanese female presented with severe bronchial asthma controlled with tacrolimus. She had been diagnosed with bronchial asthma during childhood. Her asthma worsened, and ...

BACKGROUND Induced sputum in children with bronchial asthma represents a non-invasive method of bronchial inflammation assessment. The main objective of our study was to analyze the cellularity of sputum in patients with bronchial asthma according to the level of disease control and the controlling therapy (with/without inhaled glucocorticoids). The second objective was to establish the correla...