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Vol. 21. Issue 6.
Pages 269-272 (November - December 1985)
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Vol. 21. Issue 6.
Pages 269-272 (November - December 1985)
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Obstruccion bronquial por inhalacion de agua destilada
Bronchial obstruction due to inhalation of destilled water
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J. Perez Neria, H. Ocaña Servin, A. Rojas Gonzalez, H. Rubio Monteverde, G. Carrillo Rodriguez, M. Selman Lama
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias. I.N.E.R. México, D.F. México
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Con el objeto de evaluar la utilidad de la inhalación de soluçiones hipotónicas como prueba de provocación bronquial, se estudiaron 38 pacientes con diagnóstico de asma y 29 sujetos normales como grupo control. Los resultados demostraron que la inhalación de agua destilada produjo una obstrucción bronquial significativa en los asmáticos, lo cual no ocurrió en sujetos normales. Esta observación sugiere que la nebulización de soluciones hipotónicas, constituye una prueba de provocación bronquial sensible, económica y útil para demostrar la presencia de hiperreactividad bronquial inespecífica.

In an attempt to evaluate the usefulness of the inhalation of hypotonic Solutions as a bronchial challenge test, 38 patients with asthma were studied and compared to 29 healthy individuals as a control group. Results demonstrated that inhalation of distilled water produced significant bronchial obstruction in asthmapatients but not in the control subjects. This suggests that nebulization with hypotonic Solutions is a sensitive, cheap and useful bronchial challenge procedure for demonstrating the presence of inespecific bronchial hyper-reactivity.

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