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J Appl Physiol 42: 508-513, 1977;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 42, Issue 4 508-513, Copyright © 1977 by American Physiological Society

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Airway responses to inhaled histamine in asymptomatic smokers and nonsmokers

N. E. Brown, E. R. McFadden Jr and R. H. Ingram Jr

Bronchia reactivity to inhaled histamine was assessed in asymptomatic cigarette smokers and in nonsmoking atopic and nonatopic subjects. The only prechallenge between-group difference was the ratio of maximal flow on 80% helium-20% oxygen (Vmax HeO2) to maximal flow on air (Vmax air) from partial expiratory flow volume curves at 25% vital capacity (25% VC PEFV): Mean +/- SEM for smokers 1.18 /+- 0.06, atopics 1.45 +/- 0.08, nonatopics 1.51 +/- 0.03. This suggests that prior to inhalation to total lung capacity, the predominant site of resistance at flow limitation was in smaller airways of the smokers and in larger airways of both groups of nonsmokers. Following inhalation of histamine, smokers and nonatopics had similar changes in lung volumes and Vmax air which were less than in atopics. The Vmax HeO2/Vmax air ratios at 25% VC PEFV increased in smokers and decreased in nonsmokers: smokers 1.48 +/- 0.08, atopics 1.22 +/- 0.10, nontopics 1.16 +/- 0.06. This suggests a predominant large airway response in smokers and a prominent small airway response in nonsmokers. These responses may reflect differences in the predominant site of aerosol deposition rather than in airway reactivity.


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