Airway hyperresponsiveness: mechanism and assessment

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Polosa (San Gregorio (Ct), Italy), G. Losonczy (Budapest, Hungary)

Effects of pregnancy and spontaneous abortion on lung mechanics and airway responsiveness Z. I. Komlosi, Z. Lazar, I. Horvath, G. Losonczy (Budapest, Hungary)
Relationship between exhaled nitric oxide and bronchial hyperreactivity in adult with asthma A. Gómez-Bastero Fernández, J. P. Luis, V. Almadana Pacheco, M. V. Francisco, M. R. Teodoro (Seviilla, Constantina, Spain)
Effects of chlorine and exercise on the unified airway in young elite Scottish swimmers K. Clearie, P. Short, A. Goudie, S. Schembri, S. Vaidyanathan, P. Williamson, P. Hopkinson, A. Morrison, B. Lipworth (Dundee, United Kingdom)
Exercise induced bronchoconstriction and asthma in athletes O. Temel, A. Sakar Coskun, M. Yazici, A. Ozgen, B. Cengiz Ozyurt, S. Erkan Akdemir, C. Sahan, P. Celik, A. Yorgancioglu (Manisa, Turkey)
Airway responsiveness to methacholine and exercise at altitude in healthy humans P. Pompilio, R. Dellaca, A. Aliverti, M. Quaranta, A. Cogo, L. Pomidori, G. Cornara, J. Ora, L. Biasco, V. Fasano, L. Cavalieri, M. Milanese, G. Miserocchi, B. Kayser, V. Brusasco, R. Pellegrino (Milan, Ferrara, Turin, Genova, Pietra Ligure, Cuneo, Italy; Geneva, Switzerland)
Role of oxidative stress in cold airway hyperresponsiveness forming J. M. Perelman, A. G. Prikhodko, N. M. Fedoseyeva, V. P. Kolosov, E. A. Borodin, E. V. Ushakova (Blagoveschensk, Russian Federation)
Neurophysiologic correlations in asthmatics with cold airway hyperresponsiveness E. V. Ermakova, J. M. Perelman, A. V. Kodak (Blagoveschensk, Russian Federation)
Peculiarities of pituitary-adrenal system reactions in asthmatics with bronchial hyperresponsiveness to cold air A. B. Pirogov, J. M. Perelman, V. P. Kolosov, E. V. Ushakova, D. E. Naumov (Blagoveschensk, Russian Federation)
Low triiodothyronine (T3) state and bronchial responsiveness to cold air provocation in patients with bronchial asthma V. P. Kolosov, A. B. Pirogov, S. V. Naryshkina, T. A. Maltseva, J. M. Perelman (Blagoveschensk, Russian Federation)
Airway hyperresponsiveness accessed by adenosine monophosphate bronchial provocation test J. P. Zheng, Y. Gao, J. Y. An, X. X. Yu, W. T. Liu (Guangzhou, China)
Comparative study of two bronchial hyperresponsiveness techniques applied to athletes and patients with suspected asthma F. Villar Alvarez, M. J. Rodriguez Nieto, A. Martin de San Pablo, G. Peces-Barba, N. Gonzalez Mangado (Madrid, Spain)
Direct and indirect bronchial challenges as objective tests for asthma or exercise induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in elite athletes S. Vakali, A. Florou, D. Michailidis, S. Giavi, N. G. Papadopoulos, C. Roussos, C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Methacholine challenge testing with a single low methacholine concentration B. Voss, J. Schlegel, O. Kornmann, R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany)
Methacholine challenges for detection of bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) – a comparison of forced spirometry and body plethysmography M. Kohlhaeufl, F. Nensa, E. Marek, H. J. Smith, W. Marek (Stuttgart, Bochum, Würzburg, Germany)
A comparison of spirometry and airways resistance during histamine challenge testing D. Coates, S. Ampikaipakan, A. Clark, A. Wilson (Norwich, United Kingdom)
The accuracy of mid expiratory flow and dysanapsis parameters for evaluation of methacholine provocation test M. Mirsadraee, B. Forouzesh, E. Roshandel, M. Meshkat, M. H. Boskabady (Mashhad, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Allergen-induced nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with intermittent asthma S. Acimovic, I. Tomic, G. Plavec, B. Milenkovic, D. Neskovic, J. Vukovic, M. Vasiljevic (Belgrade, Republic Of Serbia)
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and smoking in an adult population sample of Helsinki, Finland M. Juusela, P. Pallasaho, E. Rönmark, S. Sarna, A. Sovijärvi, B. Lundbäck (Helsinki, Finland; Luleå, Umeå, Gothenburg, Sweden)
A double-blind double dummy randomised placebo-controlled cross-over design clinical trial of formoterol delivered by two different dry powder devices in prevention of bronchoconstriction induced by methacholine in mild to moderate persistent asthma in adult patients H. Nell, D. Pretorius, J. Vermeulen, H. Weber, A. Umile (Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa; Limassol, Cyprus)
Evaluation of the bronchoprotective effects of salmetrol HFA and salmetrol CFC in adult patients with chronic stable mild to moderate asthma S. Naik, S. Salvi, B. Brashier, J. Phadtare, J. Gogtay, A. Lulla, J. Po, S. Purandare, A. Sule (Mumbai, Pune, India)