A STUDY OF SOME BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE PROFILES AND BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS IN COPD
Ahmed Shawki Mohamed Ibrahim;
Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined as a disease state characterized by poorly reversible airflow limitation that is usually both progressive and associated with an abnormal inflammatory response of the lung (IS?}.
Bronchoa.J.veolar lavage (BAL) have been used recently in COPD patients to study airway cellular profile as well as to study the characteristics of harvested cells in vitro. Inhalation of a direct stimulus such as methacholine is generally used to measure the presence and severity of BHR.
This work was done to study cellular profile in BAL and airway hyperresponsiveness in COPD patients and to study the possible correlations between these parameters.
This study comprised 40 subjects who were classified as the follows:
Group I: Included 10 normal subjects taken as control group.
Group II: Included 30 nonsmoker COPD patients who further divided into.
Group A: Included 11 COPD patients with atopy.
Group B: Included 19 COPD patients without atopy.
Group A was further subdivided into:
Group C1: Included 10 responsive COPD patients with atopy.
Group C2: Included one nonresponsive COPD patients with atopy.
Bronchoa.J.veolar lavage (BAL) have been used recently in COPD patients to study airway cellular profile as well as to study the characteristics of harvested cells in vitro. Inhalation of a direct stimulus such as methacholine is generally used to measure the presence and severity of BHR.
This work was done to study cellular profile in BAL and airway hyperresponsiveness in COPD patients and to study the possible correlations between these parameters.
This study comprised 40 subjects who were classified as the follows:
Group I: Included 10 normal subjects taken as control group.
Group II: Included 30 nonsmoker COPD patients who further divided into.
Group A: Included 11 COPD patients with atopy.
Group B: Included 19 COPD patients without atopy.
Group A was further subdivided into:
Group C1: Included 10 responsive COPD patients with atopy.
Group C2: Included one nonresponsive COPD patients with atopy.
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| Title | A STUDY OF SOME BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE PROFILES AND BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS IN COPD | Other Titles | دراسة بعض نماذج الغسيل الشعبى الحويصلى ودرجة إثارة الشعب الهوائية فى مرضى السدة الرئوية المزمنة | Authors | Ahmed Shawki Mohamed Ibrahim | Issue Date | 2001 |
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