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Effect of breathing pattern during inhalation challenge on the shape and position of the dose-response curve

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To examine the effect of breathing pattern on the dose-response curve, 4 mild asthmatic and 9 normal subjects inhaled increasing concentrations of methacholine (0.03–256 mg/ml) using a quiet tidal breathing pattern or tidal breathing with a forced expiratory phase. The provocative concentration of methacholine causing a 20% decrease in the forced expired volume in 1 s (PC20FEV1) or a 200% increase in pulmonary resistance (PC 200RL) was determined. In addition, the maximal change in FEV1 and RL and the slopes of the dose-response curves were measured. The forced expiratory pattern caused an increase in the central/peripheral deposition ratio of a [99m]technetium-labeled aerosol (n=3). There were no differences in mean tidal volume, minute ventilation, inspiratory flow rates, or baseline FEV1 or RL between the quiet breathing or forced expiration studies, although mean expiratory flows were increased in the latter (p<0.001). PC20FEV1 and PC200 RL decreased (p<0.001) but the maximal change in FEV1 and RL was unchanged in the forced expiration studies. Forced expiration during inhalation challenge did not alter the slope of FEV1 or RL dose-response curves. These results suggest that the sensitivity (PC20, PC200) and maximal response of in vivo dose-response curves may be affected independently by factors such as aerosol deposition.

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    Silvia Guillemi, Alan L. James & Peter D. Pare

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Guillemi, S., James, A.L. & Pare, P.D. Effect of breathing pattern during inhalation challenge on the shape and position of the dose-response curve. Lung 167, 95–106 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02714936

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