=20% after exposure to an occupational agent, including 357 subjects exposed by the realistic method, 108 using the closed-circuit method and 31 by both methods. For immediate reactions, 18 of 95 (19%) showed changes in FEV1 of >=30% with the closed-circuit method, whereas a significantly larger proportion, i.e. 77 of 200 (38.5%), showed such changes using the realistic method. As regards nonimmediate reactions, changes in FEV1 of >=30% occurred in 16 of 43 (37%) cases with the closed-circuit method as compared to a larger proportion, i.e. 87 of 180 (48%) cases, using the realistic method. This favourable effect was significantly more pronounced in workers with higher levels of bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine. It is concluded that, for agents that can be generated using the closed-circuit method, use of such apparatus results in a smaller proportion of exaggerated bronchoconstriction than does the realistic method, this being particularly true for low-molecular weight agents.">

Exaggerated bronchoconstriction due to inhalation challenges with occupational agents

Malo J-L., Cartier A., Lemiere C., Desjardins A., Labrecque M., L'Archeveque J., Perrault G., Lesage J., Cloutier Y.

Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 23: 300-303
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Airway diseases

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