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Wolfson Y, Mandelberg A, Golan-Lagziel T, Sosnovsky S, Ater D, Domany KA. The role of bronchial challenge test in guiding therapy in preschool children with atypical recurrent respiratory symptoms. Pediatr Pulmonol 2024; 59:355-361. [PMID: 37947175 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This retrospective observational cohort study aimed to assess the real-life application of bronchial challenge test (BCT) in the management of preschool children presenting with atypical recurrent respiratory symptoms (ARRS). METHODS We included children aged 0.5-6 years referred to a pediatric-pulmonology clinic who underwent BCT using methacholine or adenosine between 2012 and 2018 due to ARRS. BCT was considered positive based on spirometry results and/or wheezing, desaturation, and tachypnea reactions. We collected data on demographics, BCT results, pre-BCT and post-BCT treatment changes, and 3-6 months post-BCT compliance and symptom control. The primary outcome measure was the change in treatment post-BCT (step-up or step-down). RESULTS A total of 228 children (55% males) with a mean age of 4.2 ± 0.6 years underwent BCT (52% adenosine-BCT, 48% methacholine-BCT). Children referred for methacholine were significantly younger compared with adenosine (3.6 ± 1.2 vs. 4.2 ± 1.2 years, p < .01). Methacholine and adenosine BCTs were positive in 95% and 61%, respectively. Overall, changes in management were observed in 122 (53.5%) children following BCT, with 83 (36.4%) being stepped up and 37 (17%) being stepped down. Significantly more children in the methacholine group were stepped up compared with the adenosine group (46% vs. 28%, p = .004). During the follow-up assessment, we observed a clinical improvement in 119/162 (73.4%) of the children, with nearly 87% being compliant. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates the importance of BCT in the management of preschool children presenting to pediatric pulmonary units with ARRS. The change in treatment and subsequent clinical improvement observed highlight the added value of BCT to the pulmonologist.
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- Yonatan Wolfson
- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, Assuta Ashdod hospital, Ashdod, Israel
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Golan-Lagziel T, Mandelberg A, Wolfson Y, Ater D, Armoni Domany K. Can bronchial challenge test with adenosine or methacholine at preschool age predict school-age asthma? Pediatr Pulmonol 2021; 56:3200-3208. [PMID: 34407313 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Bronchial challenge test (BCT) measures current airways-hyperreactivity, however, its predictive role in pre-school children (<6 years) for the diagnosis of asthma at school age is still debatable. We aimed to find whether preschool children with a positive adenosine or methacholine BCT are more prone to asthma at school age. METHODS We included children aged 6-13 years with respiratory symptoms that were previously referred to our pulmonary function laboratory for BCT (methacholine or adenosine, depending on the question asked) at age 10 months to 6 years (baseline). BCT was considered positive based on spirometry results or wheezing, desaturation, and tachypnea reactions. The primary outcome measure was asthma diagnosis at school age using the well-validated International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire. We used logistic regression analysis to explore whether positive BCT could predict school-age asthma while including age and collected modified asthma predictive index in the model. RESULTS One hundred and fifty-one of 189 children (53% males), completed the ISAAC questionnaire (response rate = 80%). Mean ages at BCT and at follow-up were 3.9 ± 1.28 and 9.4 ± 1.85 years, respectively. At baseline, 40 of 67 had a positive adenosine test and 73 of 84 had a positive methacholine BCT. Thirty-nine children were diagnosed with asthma at school age. Logistic regression analysis showed that a positive adenosine test at pre-school age was the best predictor, significantly increasing the odds of asthma at school age by 6.34 (95% CI: 1.23-32.81, p = .028), while methacholine did not show significance (p = .69). CONCLUSION Choosing the relevant BCT for the question asked, positive adenosine, but not methacholine test, at pre-school, may predict asthma at school age.
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- Tal Golan-Lagziel
- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, Assuta Ashdod Hospital, Ashdod, Israel.,Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Levin G, Cohen S, Springer C, Avital A, Picard E, Rottensctreich A. Factors Associated with Positive Adenosine Challenge Test in Young Children with Suspected Asthma. PEDIATRIC ALLERGY IMMUNOLOGY AND PULMONOLOGY 2019; 32:103-108. [PMID: 32140278 DOI: 10.1089/ped.2019.1028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Background: To investigate the predictive factors associated with positive adenosine monophosphate challenge using the auscultation method (AMP-PCW) test results. Methods: This is a prospective study of young children with suspected asthma who underwent AMP-PCW test. Patients with a positive AMP-PCW test were compared with those with a negative AMP-PCW. A multivariate logistic regression model was performed to identify the independent determinants of positive AMP-PCW. Results: A total of 159 patients completed the AMP-PCW test. The median age was 53 months. In total, 54.0% of patients had a positive AMP-PCW. The prevalence of atopic dermatitis and family history of asthma and allergy were significantly higher among the positive AMP-PCW group (P = 0.04, P = 0.02, and P = 0.007, respectively), as were the prevalences of elevated immunoglobulin E (IgE), peripheral blood eosinophils percentage (P = 0.003, P < 0.001, respectively), and number of emergency department (ED) visits/hospitalizations before AMP-PCW test (P = 0.006). A significant inverse correlation exists between peripheral blood eosinophils percentage and serum IgE levels with the AMP end-point concentrations (r = -0.302, P = 0.001, and r = -0.312, P = 0.001, respectively). In multivariate logistic regression model, peripheral blood eosinophils percentage, IgE levels, and the number of ED visits/hospitalizations before the AMP-PCW test were found as independent predictors for positive AMP-PCW test result. Conclusions: Our results suggest that bronchial responsiveness to AMP-PCW is related to proxy markers of airway inflammation (elevated eosinophils and IgE levels) and clinical exacerbation of asthma before the test. This may support the role of AMP-PCW in detecting inflammatory changes and monitoring their trend among young children with suspected asthma.
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- Gabriel Levin
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Pulmonology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Pulmonology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Ater D, Bar BE, Fireman N, Fireman E, Shai H, Tasher D, Dalal I, Mandelberg A. Asthma-predictive-index, bronchial-challenge, sputum eosinophils in acutely wheezing preschoolers. Pediatr Pulmonol 2014; 49:952-9. [PMID: 24166822 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Most preschoolers with viral wheezing exacerbations are not atopic. AIM To test in a prospective controlled trial whether wheezing preschoolers presenting to the ED are different from the above in three different domains defining asthma: the atopic characteristics based on stringent asthma predictive index (S-API), the characteristics of bronchial hyper-responsiveness (BHR), and airway inflammation. METHODS The S-API was prospectively collected in 41 preschoolers (age 31.9 ± 17.4 months, range; 1-6 years) presenting to the ED with acute wheezing and compared to healthy preschoolers (n = 109) from our community (community control group). Thirty out of the 41 recruited preschoolers performed two sets of bronchial challenge tests (BCT)-(methacholine and adenosine) within 3 weeks and following 3 months of the acute event and compared to 30 consecutive ambulatory preschoolers, who performed BCT for diagnostic workup in our laboratory (ambulatory control group). On presentation, induced sputum (IS) was obtained from 22 of the 41 children. OUTCOMES Primary: S-API, secondary: BCTs characteristics and percent eosinophils in IS. RESULTS Significantly more wheezing preschoolers were S-API positive compared with the community control group: 20/41 (48.7%) versus 15/109 (13.7%, P < 0.001). All methacholine-BCTs-30/30 (100%) were positive compared with 13/14 (92.8%) in the ambulatory control group (P = 0.32). However, 23/27 (85.2%) were adenosine-BCT positive versus 3/17 (17.5%) in the ambulatory control group (P < 0.001). Diagnostic IS success rate was 18/22 (81.8%). Unexpectedly, 9/18 (50.0%) showed eosinophilia in the IS. CONCLUSIONS Wheezing preschoolers presenting to the ED is a unique population with significantly higher rate of positive S-API and adenosine-BCT compared with controls and frequently (50%) express eosinophilic airway inflammation.
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- Dorit Ater
- Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, Wolfson Medical Centre, Holon, Israel; The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Holon, Israel
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BACKGROUND School children born preterm often show airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine or histamine. Less attention has been paid to their airway response to exercise, an important point because of the role of exercise in the child's daily life. The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of, and potential determinants to, the airway response to exercise in children born extremely preterm. METHODS Forty-two nonasthmatic nonatopic children born before 32 wk gestation were compared with 27 healthy nonasthmatic nonatopic term children at age 7. Spirometry and respiratory impedance were measured at baseline and repeated after a single-step 6-min treadmill exercise in a climate-controlled room. RESULTS The preterm group showed significant broncho-constriction induced by exercise. Prematurity, but not low baseline lung function, neonatal oxygen supplementation, mechanical ventilation, chronic lung disease, or maternal smoking, was a determinant of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. CONCLUSION Children born extremely preterm present significant exercise-induced airway obstruction at age 7. The response has different characteristics from that occurring in asthmatics and is likely to express airway noneosinophilic inflammation.
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Manso L, Madero MF, Ruiz-García M, Fernández-Nieto M, Sastre J. Comparison of bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine and adenosine and airway inflammation markers in patients with suspected asthma. J Asthma 2011; 48:335-40. [PMID: 21504347 DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.565850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is usually measured by bronchial challenge test with direct (e.g., methacholine) and indirect (e.g., adenosine) agonists. There are few studies comparing both types of agents and they have had conflicting concordance. OBJECTIVE We sought to compare the results of both tests in a population with symptoms suggestive of asthma so as to determine their relationship with bronchial inflammatory markers. METHODS Seventy-nine patients whose age ranged from 14 to 81 years were recruited for this study. Challenge tests were performed using the tidal volume method. PC₂₀ methacholine and PC₁₅ and PC₂₀ adenosine were calculated. Induced sputum and fraction of exhaled nitric oxide measurements were also performed. RESULTS Atopy was found in 69% of the patients. Methacholine PC₂₀ and adenosine PC₁₅ were positive in 32 patients (40.5%), both having a sensitivity of 73%. Percentage of agreement was 45.45% and κ index was only 0.369. Adenosine PC₂₀ elicited lower sensitivity and agreement. No correlation between methacholine PC₂₀ and adenosine PC₁₅ was observed. Higher fraction of exhaled nitric oxide values and sputum eosinophil counts were seen in patients with positive adenosine challenge results. The use of adenosine PC₁₅ or PC₂₀ did not alter the association with inflammatory markers. CONCLUSIONS The concordance between both techniques was low. Methacholine is not a reliable predictor of hyperresponsiveness to adenosine, leading us to conclude that the two tests are complementary but not interchangeable in clinical practice. Additionally, responsiveness to the two bronchoconstrictor stimuli does not indicate presence of the same airway abnormality. Indirect stimuli provide a better reflection of bronchial inflammation.
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- Luis Manso
- Allergy Department, Fundación Jiménez Díaz and CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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Suh DI, Lee JK, Kim CK, Koh YY. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine and adenosine 5'-monophosphate, and the presence and degree of atopy in young children with asthma. Clin Exp Allergy 2011; 41:338-45. [PMID: 21255136 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03664.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) is a characteristic feature of asthma, and is usually measured by bronchial challenges using direct or indirect stimuli. The relationship between atopy and BHR remains to be clarified, particularly in a population selected for asthma. Furthermore, data for young children are limited, although asthma frequently occurs in early childhood. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate methacholine (direct stimulus) and adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) (indirect stimulus) responsiveness according to the presence and degree of atopy in young children with asthma. METHODS A retrospective analysis of data from 122 preschool children (median age [range]: 5.3 years [4.0-6.8]) presenting with the diagnosis of asthma was performed. These children were characterized by skin-prick tests (SPTs) and bronchial challenges with methacholine and AMP, using a modified auscultation method. The end-point concentration, resulting in audible wheezing and/or oxygen desaturation, was determined for each challenge. Atopy was defined by at least one positive reaction to SPTs, and its degree was assessed using serum total IgE levels, number of positive SPTs, and atopic scores (sum of graded weal size). RESULTS Atopic patients (n=97) had a significantly lower AMP end-point concentration than non-atopic patients (n=25), whereas the methacholine end-point concentration was not different between the two groups. Among the atopic patients, there was no association between the methacholine end-point concentration and any of the atopy parameters. By contrast, a significant association was found between the AMP end-point concentration and the degree of atopy reflected in serum total IgE and atopic scores (χ² test for trend, P=0.001, 0.003, respectively). CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Young children with atopic asthma had a significantly greater AMP responsiveness than those with non-atopic asthma, whereas methacholine responsiveness was not significantly different between the two groups. The degree of atopy appeared to be an important factor in AMP responsiveness, but not in methacholine responsiveness, and thus might be a marker of airway inflammation in asthma.
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- D I Suh
- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea
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Hirt RA, Galler A, Shibly S, Bilek A. Airway hyperresponsiveness to adenosine 5'-monophosphate in feline chronic inflammatory lower airway disease. Vet J 2009; 187:54-9. [PMID: 19910226 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2009] [Revised: 08/24/2009] [Accepted: 10/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Airway hyperresponsiveness is a key feature of human asthma and chronic bronchitis and response to the indirectly acting agonist adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) is thought to reflect underlying airway inflammation. To examine whether airway responsiveness testing (ART) with AMP may be used to differentiate healthy cats from those with asthma (FA) and chronic bronchitis (CB), 24 cats (9 FA, 6 CB, 9 controls) underwent ART with AMP at concentrations of 0.1, 1, 10, 100 and 500mg/mL using barometric whole body plethysmography. The defined endpoint of ART, an increase in enhanced pause (Penh) exceeding 300% of the post-saline value (baseline), was reached in 9/15 patients (7 FA, 2 CB), but in none of the controls. Mean Penh (±SD) at baseline (BL) was 0.49±0.16 for cases, and 0.54±0.16 for controls, and was significantly increased after AMP challenge in clinical cases (2.62±2.20), but not in controls (0.63±0.30, P<0.05). After separating responder (R) and non-responder (NR) cases, a more pronounced difference after challenge was found (R: 3.96±1.84, NR: 0.6±0.21, P<0.001). The provocative concentration of the agonist that increased Penh to 300% of BL (PC Penh 300) in R cases was 52.98±48.04mg/mL AMP. Age had no influence on the responder status or PC Penh 300. It was concluded that AMP challenge may offer a new method for the identification of cats with lower inflammatory airway disease, and possibly for monitoring disease progression or response to therapy.
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- Reinhard A Hirt
- Department for Small Animals and Horses, Clinic of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Veterinary University of Vienna, A-1210 Vienna, Austria.
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Hall GL, Gangell C, Fukushima T, Horak F, Patterson H, Stick SM, Sly PD, Franklin PJ. Application of a shortened inhaled adenosine-5'-monophosphate challenge in young children using the forced oscillation technique. Chest 2009; 136:184-189. [PMID: 19318674 DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Adenosine-5'-monophosphate (AMP) is an indirect challenge agent thought to reflect allergic airway inflammation. The forced oscillation technique (FOT) is ideal for use in young children and is suitable for inhaled challenge studies in patients who are in this age group. We assessed the agreement between a shortened and a standard AMP challenge and the repeatability of the shortened AMP challenge using FOT as a primary outcome variable. METHODS Eighteen children completed a shortened and a standard AMP challenge, and 20 children completed repeated shortened AMP challenges. The children inhaled nebulized AMP tidally for 2 min, following which the presence of wheeze and pulse oximetric saturation (Spo(2)) was recorded prior to FOT measurement. Testing continued until the maximum dose was reached or until wheeze, a decrease in Spo(2) to < 90%, or an increase in respiratory resistance at 8 Hz of 2.0 hPa/s/L or 30% was noted. Concordance was assessed as a binary response, and agreement in provocation concentrations (PCs) causing a response was assessed with intraclass correlations. RESULTS There was a high degree of concordance between the shortened and standard AMP protocols (94%) and repeated shortened AMP protocols (100%). The mean log(10) PCs displayed a high degree of agreement for both AMP protocols, with intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.94 (95% confidence interval, 0.85 to 0.98) and 0.94 (95% confidence interval, 0.82 to 0.98), respectively. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that a shortened AMP challenge that can be applied to young children is comparable to the standard AMP challenge and is highly repeatable. Further studies in young children to assess the clinical role of a shortened AMP challenge using FOT are required.
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- Graham L Hall
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia; School of Paediatric and Child Health, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
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- School of Paediatric and Child Health, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia; Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia; School of Paediatric and Child Health, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia; Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- School of Paediatric and Child Health, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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Provocative challenges to help diagnose and monitor asthma: exercise, methacholine, adenosine, and mannitol. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2008; 14:39-45. [PMID: 18043274 DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0b013e3282f197f6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review bronchial provocations tests used in the measurement of bronchial hyperresponsiveness to help in the diagnosis of asthma. RECENT FINDINGS The bronchial provocations tests reviewed include exercise, methacholine, AMP and mannitol, with reference to methodology and monitoring of treatment. SUMMARY Methacholine is used for identifying bronchial hyperresponsiveness and to guide treatment. Exercise is used as a bronchial provocation test because demonstrating prevention of exercise-induced asthma is an indication for use of a drug. Both of these tests are being used to study tolerance to beta2 agonists. There is increasing use of eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea as a surrogate bronchial provocation test for exercise to identify exercise-induced asthma, particularly in athletes. For methacholine and AMP there is concern about the different breathing patterns used to inhale these aerosols and the impact they have on the cutoff point for identifying bronchial hyperresponsiveness. A new test that uses a kit containing prepacked capsules of different doses of mannitol and a delivery device is discussed. There is increasing interest in using tests that act indirectly by release of mediators because the bronchial hyperresponsiveness itself is an indicator of the presence of inflammation. Since treatment of inflammation leads to loss of bronchial hyperresponsiveness to indirect stimuli, these tests are well suited to identify success of treatment.
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Bakirtas A, Turktas I. Methacholine and adenosine 5'-monophosphate challenges in preschool children with cough-variant and classic asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol 2007; 42:973-9. [PMID: 17722054 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Bronchial challenge with different stimuli provides different information and may be used as an adjunct to understand the pathophysiology of cough variant asthma (CVA) in young children in whom the mechanism of disease is still unresolved. This study was designed to investigate the hypothesis that airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to methacholine and adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) is similar in preschool children with CVA and classic asthma. We examined airway response to methacholine and AMP in well-defined 3-6-year-old children with CVA (n = 18), classic persistent asthma (n = 31), and healthy controls (n = 10) by transcutaneous oxygen monitorization. The number of AMP responsive children was significantly lower in the group with CVA (38.9%) than classic persistent asthma (67.7%) (P = 0.049). Mean provocative concentration of AMP causing a 15% fall in transcutaneous oxygen tension (PC15PtcO2 AMP) in children with CVA and classic persistent asthma were 234.58 and 36.35 mg/ml, respectively (P = 0.001). None of the healthy children in the control group responded to AMP. The severity of methacholine responsiveness was found similar in CVA and classic persistent asthma groups (P = 0.738). Although both asthma groups showed a similar pattern in methacholine responsiveness, preschool children with CVA were found to differ from children with classic persistent asthma with regard to response profiles to AMP challenge which may point to different pathophysiologic mechanisms of CVA in the young age group.
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- Arzu Bakirtas
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
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