CORRELATION BETWEEN SYMPTOM SCORE, WHEEZE, REVERSIBILITY OF PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS AND TREATMENT RESPONSE IN ASTHMA

• Main Authors: M.H. Boskabady, M. Fasihfar, G.A. Maemoori
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2003-06-01
• Series: Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
• Subjects: Pulmonary function tests; Reversibility; symptom score; Treatment response
• Online Access: https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/view/35

Asthma management is a major concern because some asthmatic patients either do not respond or else hardly respond to treatment. Therefore in the present study, an attempt has been made to determine the predictors of treatment response in asthmatic patients. Thirty six asthmatic adults including 13 male and 23 female were studied dur¬ing a 3 month treatment period. Asthma symptom score (SS) and wheezing were recorded before and after treatment. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) including forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEVj), peak expiratory flow (PEF), maximal expiratory measured at the beginning and the end of the study. The increase in PFT values 10 min after 200 ug inhaled salbutamol (in percentage) was considered as reversibility in airway constriction. There were significant improvements in SS (/JKO.001) and PFT variables (/;>