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Acute effects of Asian dust events on respiratory symptoms and peak expiratory flow in children with mild asthma
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- Issue Date
- 2008-02-28
- Publisher
- Korean Academy of Medical Science
- Citation
- J Korean Med Sci. 2008 Feb;23(1):66-71.
- Keywords
- Adolescent ; Asthma/*physiopathology ; Bronchial Hyperreactivity/physiopathology ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Methacholine Chloride/diagnostic use ; Respiration Disorders/*etiology/physiopathology ; Dust ; Peak Expiratory Flow Rate
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to investigate the possible adverse effects of Asian dust events on respiratory health in asthmatic children. Fifty-two children with mild asthma were studied for eight consecutive weeks in the spring of 2004 (March 8 to May 2). During the study period, five Asian dust days were identified; we included a lag period of two days following each of the events. Subjects recorded their respiratory symptom diaries and peak expiratory flow (PEF) twice daily during the study period; and they underwent methacholine bronchial challenge tests. The subjects reported a significantly higher frequency of respiratory symptoms during the Asian dust days than during the control days. They showed significantly more reduced morning and evening PEF values, and more increased PEF variability (10.1%+/-3.5% vs. 5.5%+/-2.2%) during the Asian dust days than during the control days. Methacholine PC(20) was not significantly different between before and after the study period (geometric mean: 2.82 mg/mL vs. 3.16 mg/mL). These results suggest that the short-term Asian dust events might be associated with increased acute respiratory symptoms and changes in PEF outcomes. However, there might be little long-term influence on airway hyperresponsiveness in children with mild asthma.
- ISSN
- 1011-8934 (Print)
- Language
- English
- URI
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18303201
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/22353
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