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Respiration ; 67(5): 507-9, 2000.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11070453

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The relationship between gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and asthma has been widely studied in the last years. GER may interfere with airway reactivity and aggravate or even induce asthma. OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) in patients with GER disease with a view to judging the potential influence of GER on BHR. METHODS: 30 patients with GER disease and no clinical evidence of asthma and 30 normal subjects underwent a methacholine bronchial challenge. The methacholine concentration that caused a 20% fall in the FEV(1) (PC20) was used to assess bronchial responsiveness. RESULTS: In the GER group 11 subjects of the 30 studied showed a PC20 methacholine equal to or less than 8 mg/ml while in the control group only 2 subjects had a PC20 methacholine equal to or less than 8 mg/ml (p < 0.01; ANOVA test). CONCLUSIONS: Subjects with GER had a greater increase in airway reactivity when inhaling methacholine compared to disease-free normal subjects.


Assuntos
Hiper-Reatividade Brônquica/etiologia , Refluxo Gastroesofágico/complicações , Adulto , Asma/diagnóstico , Asma/etiologia , Hiper-Reatividade Brônquica/diagnóstico , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Cloreto de Metacolina , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prevalência
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Rheumatol Int ; 20(1): 29-30, 2000 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11149658

RESUMO

This report describes a patient who presented with an unusual polyarthritis accompanied by myalgia, fever and anxiety. After extensive clinical and serological evaluation, duodenal biopsy and serological tests provided evidence for the diagnosis of coeliac disease (CD). The patient was promptly put on a gluten-free diet, which led to an improvement in the clinical abnormalities.


Assuntos
Artrite/etiologia , Doença Celíaca/complicações , Adulto , Artrite/dietoterapia , Biópsia , Doença Celíaca/dietoterapia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Dieta , Duodeno/patologia , Feminino , Glutens/administração & dosagem , Humanos , Resultado do Tratamento
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Respiration ; 66(6): 518-21, 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10575337

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: We report on the effect of glutathione, an antioxidant compound on the airway response to the ultrasonically nebulised distilled water (UNDW, 'fog') challenge. METHODS: 12 subjects with mild-to-moderate bronchial asthma underwent double-blind, cross-over pretreatment, administered 30 min earlier, in a randomised order with inhaled glutathione (G) (600 mg), sodium cromoglycate (SCG) (20 mg) and placebo (P), followed by the challenge. RESULTS: After P pretreatment UNDW challenge caused a mean 20.41% decrease in FEV-1 (p < 0.05), after G, a mean 6.04% fall in FEV-1 (p = n.s.), and after SCG a mean 5.99% fall in FEV-1 (p = n.s.). CONCLUSIONS: G significantly attenuated 'fog'-induced falls in FEV-1 (p < 0.001 compared with P) and showed a protective effect on UNDW-induced bronchoconstriction.


Assuntos
Asma/tratamento farmacológico , Asma/fisiopatologia , Hiper-Reatividade Brônquica/diagnóstico , Volume Expiratório Forçado/efeitos dos fármacos , Glutationa/administração & dosagem , Administração por Inalação , Adulto , Antiasmáticos/administração & dosagem , Asma/diagnóstico , Testes de Provocação Brônquica/métodos , Cromolina Sódica/administração & dosagem , Estudos Cross-Over , Método Duplo-Cego , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valores de Referência , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) ; 27(1): 5-10, 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10217666

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Most respiratory diseases involve the heart and can lead to acute or chronic pulmonary heart in the most serious cases. The common pathogenetic element is pulmonary arterial hypertension which es secondary to the resistance of the pulmonary circulation together with hypertrophy and/or dilatation of the right ventricle, caused mainly by chronic hypoxia. METHODS AND RESULTS: In order to verify the effects induced on pulmonary circulation and right heart by BA or COPD the cardiac function was assessed by mono and bidimensional Doppler echocardiography in 10 patients with BA (group A), 10 with COPD (group B) and 10 healthy control subjects (group C). At the M-mode echocardiography examination no significant difference was observed among the three study groups. By Doppler pw the peak velocity of early tricuspidal flow (VmaxE) was significantly higher in the group A when compared to the group B (p = 0.03). No subject had pulmonary hypertension. The pulmonary acceleration time (PAT) using pw Doppler technique was similar in groups A and B but it was significantly different when compared to group C (p = 0.006:A vs C; p = 0.03:B vs C). CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest in patients either with BA or COPD, an early involvement of the right heart even if they had a clinical stable condition and no pulmonary hypertension.


Assuntos
Asma/fisiopatologia , Coração/fisiopatologia , Pneumopatias Obstrutivas/fisiopatologia , Adulto , Idoso , Ecocardiografia Doppler , Feminino , Humanos , Hipóxia/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) ; 27(1): 32-3, 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10217671

RESUMO

We present a case of urticaria in a tattooed patient due to hypersensitivity to the cobalt chloride contained in the blue ink used for tattoo. The patch test with the series of International Contact Dermatitis Research Group was positive only for chloride cobalt. Cobalt is believed to be responsible for contact urticaria through a non-immunological mechanism. On reviewing the literature we have found no report of contact urticaria to cobalt in tattooed patients.


Assuntos
Tatuagem/efeitos adversos , Urticária/etiologia , Adulto , Cobalto/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Masculino , Testes do Emplastro
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9615304

RESUMO

It has been shown that leukocyte adhesion mechanisms play an important role in the development of allergic inflammation in bronchial asthma. We measured the circulating levels of E-selectin (formerly called sElam-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) by ELISA in asthmatic subjects. We selected 10 asthmatic subjects to study during an asthma attack, 10 asthmatic subjects in an intercrisis phase, and 20 healthy nonatopic control subjects. A significant increase in the serum levels of soluble E-selectin and soluble ICAM-1 was found in the group of patients during an asthmatic crisis compared to the controls (p < 0.001). The asthmatic patients in an intercrisis phase and the healthy control subjects had overlapping levels of soluble ICAM-1 and soluble E-selectin. The clinical utility of serum soluble levels of adhesion molecules has not been completely assessed and these circulating molecules do not appear to be a useful marker for monitoring the persistent inflammatory activity in stable bronchial asthma.


Assuntos
Asma/sangue , Selectina E/sangue , Molécula 1 de Adesão Intercelular/sangue , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Testes de Função Respiratória
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