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Abstract
We have studied 26 asthmatic patients in whom deep inspiration induced a transient but marked bronchodilatation when carbachol-induced bronchoconstriction was present. Changes in bronchial tone were assessed by specific airway resistance measurements. Bronchodilatation after a slow inspiration (eight subjects) or a 10-second breath-hold at total lung capacity (13 subjects) was significantly less than that observed after either a fast inspiration or no breath-holding period. The magnitude of the bronchodilatation induced by a fast inspiration without breath-holding was directly and significantly related to the magnitude of the carbachol-induced bronchoconstriction in five subjects.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7080011 PMCID: PMC459262 DOI: 10.1136/thx.37.2.124
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Thorax ISSN: 0040-6376 Impact factor: 9.139