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Bronchial Challenge Testing

Yoavanit Srivaro M.D.

Outlines

• Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Direct Challenge Tests

: Methacholine Challenge Tests

• Indirect Challenge Tests

: Exercise challenge tests

: Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea

: Hypertonic saline

: Dry powder mannitol

: Adenosine challange

• Allergen induced asthmatic response

Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Characteristic feature of asthma

• Variable airflow obstruction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Why are asthmatic airway hyperresponsiveness?

• Airway epithelial damage

• Airway smooth muscle hypertrophy

Irvin CG. Development, Structure, and Physiology in Normal Lung and in Asthma . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia:

Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 700-14.

Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Increase in magnitude of bronchoconstriction

• Increase in ease of induced bronchoconstriction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-1 Hypothetical methacholine dose-response curves

in magnitude of bronchoconstriction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-1 Hypothetical methacholine dose-response curves

in magnitude of bronchoconstriction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-1 Hypothetical methacholine dose-response curves

in magnitude of bronchoconstriction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-1 Hypothetical methacholine dose-response curves

in magnitude of bronchoconstriction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-1 Hypothetical methacholine dose-response curves

the ease of induced bronchoconstriction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-1 Hypothetical methacholine dose-response curves

the ease of induced bronchoconstriction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-1 Hypothetical methacholine dose-response curves

the ease of induced bronchoconstriction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-1 Hypothetical methacholine dose-response curves

the ease of induced bronchoconstriction

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Direct agents trigger bronchoconstriction

• Acting directly on airway smooth muscle receptors

- Cholinergic agonists acting on muscarinic receptor

- Histamine acting on H1 receptors

Pauwels R, Joos G, Van der Straeten M. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is not bronchial hyperresponsivenessis not bronchial asthma. Clin Allergy 1988;18:317-21.

Figure 97-1 Muscarinic receptor subtypes found in the lung and on inflammatory cells.

Peters SP, Dykewicz MS. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, LemanskeRF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 2. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1552-

66.

Indirect agents stimuli bronchoconstriction(1)

• Act through one or more intermediate pathways

• Release of mediators from inflammatory cells

: Mast cells

• More clinically relevant for asthma

Pauwels R, Joos G, Van der Straeten M. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is not bronchial hyperresponsivenessis not bronchial asthma. Clin Allergy 1988;18:317-21.

Indirect agents stimuli bronchoconstriction(2)

• Osmotic

: Exercise, cold air, hyperventilation, mannitol

• Nonosmotic

: Adenosine monophosphate

Pauwels R, Joos G, Van der Straeten M. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is not bronchial hyperresponsivenessis not bronchial asthma. Clin Allergy 1988;18:317-21.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

GINA Guideline 2015

Outlines

• Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Direct Challenge Tests

: Methacholine challenge tests

• Indirect Challenge Tests

: Exercise challenge tests

: Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea

: Hypertonic saline

: Dry powder mannitol

: Adenosine challange

• Allergen induced asthmatic response

Indication

• Asthma dx in cases where spirometry &reversibility

tests are not enough.

• Occupational asthma

• Asthma severity

• Treatment response evaluation

• ResearchCrapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise

challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Methacholine challenge tests

• Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

• Five-breath dosimeter protocol

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

Step 1

http://www.provocholine.com

Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

Step 2

http://www.provocholine.com

Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

Step 3

http://www.provocholine.com

Step 4

• Dry compressed air to power the nebulizer• Set the pressure regulator to 50 lb/in2• Nebulizer output 0.13 ml/min

Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

http://www.provocholine.com

Step 5

Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

http://www.provocholine.com

Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

Step 6

• Breathe quietly (tidal breathing) for 2 min

Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

Step 7

Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

Step 7

• Measure the FEV1 about 30 and 90 s after the nebulization is completed.• Perform no more than three or four maneuvers after each dose.• Take no more than 3 min to perform• Time interval between the commencement of two subsequent concentrations

should be kept to 5 min.http://www.provocholine.com

Two-minute tidal breathing dosing protocol

Step 7

• Report the highest FEV1 from the acceptable maneuvers.

http://www.provocholine.com

Five-breath dosimeter protocol.

http://www.provocholine.com

Five-breath dosimeter protocol.

Step 1

http://www.provocholine.com

Step 2

Five-breath dosimeter protocol.

http://www.provocholine.com

Five-breath dosimeter protocol.

Step 3

http://www.provocholine.com

Five-breath dosimeter protocol.

Step 4

• Open the dosimeter solenoid to make sure the nebulizer is nebulizing.

Five-breath dosimeter protocol.

Step 5

• Instruct the patient to inhale slowly and deeply from the nebulizer. • Trigger the dosimeter soon after the inhalation begins

Five-breath dosimeter protocol.

Step 5

• Encourage the patient to continue inhaling slowly (about 5 s to complete the inhalation) • Encourage the patient to hold the breath (at total lung capacity, TLC) for another 5 s..

http://www.provocholine.com

Five-breath dosimeter protocol.

Step 5

• Repeat step for a total of five inspiratory capacity inhalations.• Take no more than a total of 2 min to perform these five inhalations.

http://www.provocholine.com

Step 6

• Measure the FEV1 about 30 and 90 s after the nebulization is completed.• Perform no more than three or four maneuvers after each dose.• Take no more than 3 min to perform• Time interval between the commencement of two subsequent concentrations

should be kept to 5 min.

Five-breath dosimeter protocol.

http://www.provocholine.com

Step 7

Step 7

Step 8

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Bronchoprovocative Test

Bronchoprovocative Test

Bronchoprovocative Test

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Interpretation

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Figure 64-2 Comparison of two methacholine challenge methods in 55 patients with asthma.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-2 Comparison of two methacholine challenge methods in 55 patients with asthma.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-2 Comparison of two methacholine challenge methods in 55 patients with asthma.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-2 Comparison of two methacholine challenge methods in 55 patients with asthma.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-2 Comparison of two methacholine challenge methods in 55 patients with asthma.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 64-2 Comparison of two methacholine challenge methods in 55 patients with asthma.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Caveat regarding interpretation

• AHR is variable

: From time to time

: Increasing with inflammatory stimuli

• Baseline airway caliber

• Medications

• Severity of AHR does not equate with asthma severity

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Caveat regarding interpretation

• AHR is variable

: From time to time

: Increasing with inflammatory stimuli

• Baseline airway caliber

• Medications

• Severity of AHR does not equate with asthma severity

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Caveat regarding interpretation

• AHR is variable

: From time to time

: Increasing with inflammatory stimuli

• Baseline airway caliber

• Medications

• Severity of AHR does not equate with asthma severity

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Caveat regarding interpretation

• AHR is variable

: From time to time

: Increasing with inflammatory stimuli

• Baseline airway caliber

• Medications

• Severity of AHR does not equate with asthma severity

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• : recent onset of disease

• : longer duration of disease

• Reverse in pt with recent onset of occupational

asthma who had no exposure 48 hours

• Reverse in children

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Interprete negative methacholine challenge

:clinical current

• Negative histamine or methacholine challenge in

the winter does not exclude seasonal pollen

induced asthma.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Outlines

• Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Direct Challenge Tests

: Methacholine Challenge Tests

• Indirect Challenge Tests

: Exercise challenge tests

: Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea

: Hypertonic saline

: Adenosine challenge

: Dry powder mannitol

• Allergen induced asthmatic response

Indirect Challenge Tests(1)

• Act through one or more intermediate pathways

• Release of mediators from inflammatory cells

: Mast cells

• More clinically relevant for asthma

Pauwels R, Joos G, Van der Straeten M. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is not bronchial hyperresponsivenessis not bronchial asthma. Clin Allergy 1988;18:317-21.

Figure 50-12 Schematic diagram to demonstrate mechanisms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma.

Holgate ST, Sly PD. Asthma pathogenesis. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 812-41.

Figure 50-12 Schematic diagram to demonstrate mechanisms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma.

Holgate ST, Sly PD. Asthma pathogenesis. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 812-41.

Figure 50-12 Schematic diagram to demonstrate mechanisms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma.

Holgate ST, Sly PD. Asthma pathogenesis. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 812-41.

Figure 50-12 Schematic diagram to demonstrate mechanisms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma.

Holgate ST, Sly PD. Asthma pathogenesis. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 812-41.

Figure 50-12 Schematic diagram to demonstrate mechanisms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma.

Holgate ST, Sly PD. Asthma pathogenesis. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 812-41.

Figure 50-12 Schematic diagram to demonstrate mechanisms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma.

Holgate ST, Sly PD. Asthma pathogenesis. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 812-41.

Figure 50-12 Schematic diagram to demonstrate mechanisms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma.

Holgate ST, Sly PD. Asthma pathogenesis. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 812-41.

Figure 50-12 Schematic diagram to demonstrate mechanisms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma.

Holgate ST, Sly PD. Asthma pathogenesis. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 812-41.

Indirect Challenge Tests(2)

• Osmotic

: Exercise, cold air, hyperventilation, mannitol

• Nonosmotic

: Adenosine monophosphate

Pauwels R, Joos G, Van der Straeten M. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is not bronchial hyperresponsivenessis not bronchial asthma. Clin Allergy 1988;18:317-21.

Indirect Challenge Tests(3)

• Differentiate asthma from COPD

• Correlate better with airway eosinophilia

• Improve more with anti-inflammatory therapy

Pauwels R, Joos G, Van der Straeten M. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is not bronchial hyperresponsivenessis not bronchial asthma. Clin Allergy 1988;18:317-21.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Outlines

• Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Direct Challenge Tests

: Methacholine Challenge Tests

• Indirect Challenge Tests

: Exercise challenge tests

: Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea

: Hypertonic saline

: Adenosine challenge

: Dry powder mannitol

• Allergen induced asthmatic response

Indication

• Asthmatic patients with a hx of breathlessness during or

after exertion

• EIB would impair ability of a person with a hx suggesting

asthma to perform demanding or lifesaving work

• Evaluate effectiveness & optimal dosages

of medications prescribed to prevent EIB

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Contraindication

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Contraindication

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

• Unstable cardiac ischemia

• Malignant arrhythmias

• Orthopedic limitation

Mode of exercise

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Motor-driven treadmill with adjustable speed and grade

Electromagnetically braked cycle ergometer

Inhalate(1)

• Inspires dry air less than 25 ◦c with a noseclip

• Conducting the study in an air-conditioned room

:Temperature of 20–25 ◦c

:Low relative humidity (50% or

less)

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Inhalate(2)

• Inspire dry air through mouthpiece & two-way

breathing valve

• Dry inhalate is obtained by filling talc-free

meteorological balloons with gas from a medical-

grade compressed air source

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Pre-Exercise Measurement of FEV(1)

Pre-Exercise Measurement of FEV(1)

6-8 minute treadmill test at 80-90%maximum HR

Pre-Exercise Measurement of FEV(1)

6-8 minute treadmill test at 80-90%maximum HR

Post-Exercise Measurement of FEV(1)• Record with in 30 min• Decrease more than 10% • Indicates exercise induce asthma

Parsons JP, Hallstrand TS, Mastronarde JG, Kaminsky DA, Rundell KW, Hull JH, et al. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: exercise-induced

bronchoconstriction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013;187:1016-27.

Protocol(1)

• Starting at a low speed & grade 2-4 min

• Speed and grade are chosen to produce 4–6 min of

exercise at near-maximum targets

• Total duration of exercise of 6–8 min

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med

2000;161:309-29.Parsons JP, Hallstrand TS, Mastronarde JG, Kaminsky DA, Rundell KW, Hull JH, et al. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice

guideline: exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013;187:1016-27.

Protocol(2)

• Targets exercise HR of 80% to 90% of the

predicted maximum, or 220 minus age.

• Achieve target ventilation or heart rate

: Speed greater than 3 mph (about 4.5 km/h)

: Gradient greater than 15% or

oxygen consumption of 35 ml/min/kg

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Age 20 yearsMaximum heart rate=220 minus age

=220-20=200

Targets exercise HR of 80% to 90% of Maximum heart rate= 200x0.8 to 200x 0.9= 160 to 180 beat per min

Age 20 yearsMaximum heart rate=220 minus age

=220-20=200

Targets exercise HR of 80% to 90% of Maximum heart rate= 200x0.8 to 200x 0.9= 160 to 180 beat per min

Age 20 yearsMaximum heart rate=220 minus age

=220-20=200

Targets exercise HR of 80% to 90% of Maximum heart rate= 200x0.8 to 200x 0.9= 160 to 180 beat per min

Age 20 yearsMaximum heart rate=220 minus age

=220-20=200

Targets exercise HR of 80% to 90% of Maximum heart rate= 200x0.8 to 200x 0.9= 160 to 180 beat per min

Age 20 yearsMaximum heart rate=220 minus age

=220-20=200

Targets exercise HR of 80% to 90% of Maximum heart rate= 200x0.8 to 200x 0.9= 160 to 180 beat per min

Protocol(2)

• Targets exercise HR of 80% to 90% of the

predicted maximum, or 220 minus age.

• Achieve target ventilation or heart rate

: Speed greater than 3 mph (about 4.5 km/h)

: Gradient greater than 15% or

oxygen consumption of 35 ml/min/kg

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Protocol(2)

• Targets exercise HR of 80% to 90% of the

predicted maximum, or 220 minus age.

• Achieve target ventilation or heart rate

: Speed greater than 3 mph (about 4.5 km/h)

: Gradient greater than 15% or

oxygen consumption of 35 ml/min/kg

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Bruce Protocol Stage??????

: Speed greater than 3 mph (about 4.5 km/h) : Gradient greater than 15% or

oxygen consumption of 35 ml/min/kg

: Speed greater than 3 mph (about 4.5 km/h) : Gradient greater than 15% or

oxygen consumption of 35 ml/min/kg

Protocol(1)

• Target work rate (watts) =(53.76 x measured FEV1)- 11.07

• Work rate is set to

: 60% of the target in the first minute

: 75% in the second minute

: 90% in the third minute

: 100% in the fourth minute Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise

challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Protocol(2)

• Target exercise intensity to be sustained for 4–6 min

• Work rate may need to be reduced in the final minutes

of exercise

• The test ends when the patient

has exercised at the target

work rate for 6 min.

Crapo RO, Casaburi R, Coates AL, Enright PL, Hankinson JL, Irvin CG, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors,

July 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:309-29.

Outlines

• Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Direct Challenge Tests

: Methacholine challenge tests

• Indirect Challenge Tests

: Exercise challenge tests

: Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea

: Hypertonic saline

: Adenosine challange

: Dry powder mannitol

• Allergen induced asthmatic response

Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea(1)

Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea(1)

Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea(1)

Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea(1)

Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea(2)

Step 1

• FEV1 is measured before EVH .

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Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea(3)

Step 1

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Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea(4)

• Patient breath at 30 x FEV1= 85% MVV • For 6 minutes

Step 2

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Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea(4)

Step 3

• FEV1 is measured after EVH for up to 10 or 15 minutes. • A 10% reduction in FEV1 is considered positive.

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Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea(5)

• Produce similar results to exercise challenge test

• Less expensive

• Less sophisticated equipment

• High sensitivity than exercise challange

Anderson SD, Sue-Chu M, Perry CP, Gratziou C, Kippelen P, McKenzie DC, et al. Bronchial challenges in athletes applying to inhale a beta2-agonist at the 2004 Summer Olympics. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006;117:767-73.

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Outlines

• Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Direct Challenge Tests

: Methacholine challenge tests

• Indirect Challenge Tests

: Exercise challenge tests

: Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea

: Hypertonic saline

: Dry powder mannitol

: Adenosine challenge

• Allergen induced asthmatic response

Hypertonic saline(1)

• Inhaling 4.5% saline from a high-output ultrasonic

nebulizer

• Doubling-dose challenge 1 to 2 mL/min

• Time ranging from 0.5 to 8 minutes (total 15.5 min)

• Measure the FEV1 about 60 s after the nebulization

is completed.

Parsons JP, Hallstrand TS, Mastronarde JG, Kaminsky DA, Rundell KW, Hull JH, et al. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013;187:1016-27.

Hypertonic saline(2)

• Time Protocol: 30 sec, 1min, 2 min, 4 min, 8 min

• Measurements : FEV1 Pre & 60 sec. post dose with

highest value for FEV1 recorded

• Positive Response: Fall FEV1 ≥15% between consecutive

doses

Parsons JP, Hallstrand TS, Mastronarde JG, Kaminsky DA, Rundell KW, Hull JH, et al. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013;187:1016-27.

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Outlines

• Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Direct Challenge Tests

: Methacholine Challenge Tests

• Indirect Challenge Tests

: Exercise challenge tests

: Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea

: Hypertonic saline

: Dry powder mannitol

: Adenosine challenge

• Allergen induced asthmatic response

Dry powder mannitol(1)

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Dry powder mannitol(2)

• Progressive Protocol: 0, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 160, 160 mg

• Measurements : FEV1 Pre & 60 sec post dose with

highest value for FEV1 recorded

• Positive Response: Fall FEV1 ≥15% between consecutive

doses

Parsons JP, Hallstrand TS, Mastronarde JG, Kaminsky DA, Rundell KW, Hull JH, et al. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013;187:1016-27.

Dry powder mannitol(3)

• Expression of result:

Sensitivity PD15

Reactivity Response Dose Ratio

Final % fall FEV1 / Cumulative dose

• Recovery: Bronchodilator or spontaneous

Parsons JP, Hallstrand TS, Mastronarde JG, Kaminsky DA, Rundell KW, Hull JH, et al. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013;187:1016-27.

Outlines

• Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Direct Challenge Tests

: Methacholine challenge tests

• Indirect Challenge Tests

: Exercise challenge tests

: Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea

: Hypertonic saline

: Dry powder mannitol

: Adenosine challange

• Allergen induced asthmatic response

Adenosine challenge(1)

• Adenosine or adenosine monophosphate

• Results in nonosmotic release of mast cell

mediators

• Methods for AMP challenge are identical to that for

histamine and methacholine

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Figure 1Extracellular adenosine is produced predominantly by the metabolism of ATP released from cells.

Tilley SL, Boucher RC. A1 antagonism in asthma: better than coffee? J Clin Invest 2005;115:13-6.

Figure 1Extracellular adenosine is produced predominantly by the metabolism of ATP released from cells.

Tilley SL, Boucher RC. A1 antagonism in asthma: better than coffee? J Clin Invest 2005;115:13-6.

Figure 2Model of receptors and cell types mediating the pro and anti-inflammatory effects of adenosine in the lung.

Tilley SL, Boucher RC. A1 antagonism in asthma: better than coffee? J Clin Invest 2005;115:13-6.

Figure 2Model of receptors and cell types mediating the pro and anti-inflammatory effects of adenosine in the lung.

Tilley SL, Boucher RC. A1 antagonism in asthma: better than coffee? J Clin Invest 2005;115:13-6.

Adenosine challenge(2)

• Progressive Protocol: 3.125, 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200, 400mg/ml

• Measurements : FEV1 Pre & 30,90 sec. post dose with

highest value for FEV1 recorded

• Positive Response: Fall FEV1 ≥20% between consecutive doses

Cockcroft DW. Bronchial Challenge Testing . In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Fig. 1Diagnosing Asthma & Bronchoconstriction in Athletes

Fig. 1Diagnosing Asthma & Bronchoconstriction in Athletes

Fig. 1Diagnosing Asthma & Bronchoconstriction in Athletes

Fig. 1Diagnosing Asthma & Bronchoconstriction in Athletes

Fig. 1Diagnosing Asthma & Bronchoconstriction in Athletes

Outlines

• Airway Hyperresponsiveness

• Direct Challenge Tests

: Methacholine challenge tests

• Indirect Challenge Tests

: Exercise challenge tests

: Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea

: Hypertonic saline

: Dry powder mannitol

: Adenosine challenge

• Allergen induced asthmatic response

Allergen induced early asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Allergen induced early asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Allergen induced late asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Allergen induced late asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Allergen induced late asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Allergen induced late asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Allergen induced late asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Allergen induced late asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Allergen induced late asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Allergen induced late asthmatic response

Cockcroft DW. Anticholinergic Therapies. In: Adkinson NF, Bochner BS, Burks AW, Busse WW, Holgate ST, Lemanske RF, et al., editors. Middleton's allergy principle and practice. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2014. p. 1042-55.

Take Home Message

• Nonselective direct challenges (e.g. methacholine)

: Highly sensitive

: Function best to exclude asthma

Take Home Message

• Important caveats for interpretation of direct

(methacholine) challenges

: Normal FEV1

: Clinical currency

: Avoidance of deep inhalations

Take Home Message

• Nonselective indirect challenges

: More specific for asthma

: Less sensitive for asthma

: Function best to confirm the diagnosis of asthma


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