CHANGES IN TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN PARTIAL-PRESSURE AS AN INDEX OF RESPONSE TO INHALED METHACHOLINE IN ASTHMATIC-PATIENTS

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FONTANA, GA [1 ]
CARDELLICCHIO, S [1 ]
CAMICIOTTOLI, G [1 ]
PANUCCIO, P [1 ]
BODDI, V [1 ]
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[1] UNIV FLORENCE,IST PATOL GEN,I-50134 FLORENCE,ITALY
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10.1378/chest.103.5.1375
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Bronchoconstriction and hypoxemia have been reported to occur during airway challenges, but the correlation between changes in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and transcutaneous oxygen partial pressure (tcPo2) during methacholine provocation tests has not yet been established (to our knowledge). In 15 symptom-free atopic asthmatic patients and 5 normal subjects, variations in tcPo2 and FEV1 were simultaneously measured during inhalation of doubling methacholine concentrations; the drug concentrations causing a 20 percent decrease in control FEV1 and tcPo2 (PC20FEV1 and PC20tcPo2, respectively) were subsequently calculated. In patients, geometric mean PC20FEV1 and PC20tcPo2 were 1.31 (range, 0.16 to 5.19) and 1.26 (range, 0.29 to 5.82) mg/ml, respectively. In addition, in six patients, methacholine-induced fall in tcPo2 was accompanied by similar changes in arterial Po2. Methacholine inhalation caused no change in tcPo2 or FEV1 in normal subjects. The independent effects of deep breath tests and bronchoconstriction on PC20tcPo2 were studied in five patients challenged on two separate occasions, with and without FEV1 assessment; in these patients, PC20tcPo2 were similar on both the study days. The results indicate that, in asthmatic patients, methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction causes parallel decreases in FEV1 and tcPo2. The tcPo2 monitoring may serve as a tool in the assessment of airway hyperreactivity when active patient's cooperation is scarce.
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