Bronchodilator Response in Patients with Persistent Allergic Asthma Could Not Predict Airway Hyperresponsiveness.docVIP

ORIGINAL ARTICLE BronchodilatorResponseinPatientswithPersistent AllergicAsthmaCouldNotPredictAirway Hyperresponsiveness BojanaB.Petanjek,MD,SanjaP.Grle,MD,DubravkaPelicaric′,MD,andDubravkaVrankovic′,MD Anticholinergics, or specific antimuscarinic agents, by inhibition of muscarinic receptors cause bronchodilatation, which might correlatewithactivationofthesereceptorsbythemuscarinicagonistmethacholine.Theaimofthisstudywastodeterminewhether apositivebronchodilatorresponsetotheanticholinergicipratropiumbromidecouldpredictairwayhyperresponsivenessinpatients withpersistentallergicasthma.Thestudyc