Persistent Airflow Obstruction in Young Adult Asthma Patients.
Summary of "Persistent Airflow Obstruction in Young Adult Asthma Patients."
Background: Lung function determined by spirometry and the severity of dyspnea correlate weakly in asthma patients. We attempted to determine the risk factors in asthma patients having persistent airway obstruction despite of having only mild subjective symptoms, and to examine the possibility of improving FEV1 by treating asthma on the basis of the bronchodilator change in FEV1. Methods: We examined asthma patients in their 20s and who visited Sagamihara National Hospital for the first time over a period of four years, by reviewing their clinical records. They underwent tests on the bronchodilator change in FEV1 and a test of airway hyperresponsiveness to histamine dihydrochloride. Results: One hundred thirty-eight subjects (mean age, 25.6 years; 51 males, 87 females; current smoking, 30.4%; history of childhood asthma, 48.6%) were enrolled. Among them, 18.8% (26/138) showed persistent airway obstruction (postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC (%) <80%). Using the multiple logistic regression model, we found that history of childhood asthma and smoking history were the significant isolated risk factors for persistent airway obstruction. Moreover, we determined that the factors associated with the reversibility of airway obstruction in asthma patients without subjective symptoms were history of childhood asthma. Conclusions: In this study, patients not undergoing treatment for asthma were examined. History of childhood asthma and smoking history may be the risk factors for persistent airway obstruction in the asthma patients with mild subjective symptoms. Tests on the bronchodilator change in FEV1 should be performed in patients with history of childhood asthma and smoking history, even if they have only mild subjective symptoms.
Affiliation
Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Allergology international : official journal of the Japanese Society of Allergology
ISSN: 1440-1592
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22189591
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2332/allergolint.11-OA-0331
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Asthma, Exercise-induced
Asthma attacks following a period of exercise. Usually the induced attack is short-lived and regresses spontaneously. The magnitude of postexertional airway obstruction is strongly influenced by the environment in which exercise is performed (i.e. inhalation of cold air during physical exertion markedly augments the severity of the airway obstruction; conversely, warm humid air blunts or abolishes it).
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Any disorder marked by obstruction of conducting airways of the lung. AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION may be acute, chronic, intermittent, or persistent.
Laryngismus
A disorder in which the adductor muscles of the VOCAL CORDS exhibit increased activity leading to laryngeal spasm. Laryngismus causes closure of the VOCAL FOLDS and airflow obstruction during inspiration.
Young Adult
A person between 19 and 24 years of age.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
A disease of chronic diffuse irreversible airflow obstruction. Subcategories of COPD include CHRONIC BRONCHITIS and PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA.
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