Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma in Nonpregnant Women

Esden, Jana L; Pesta-Walsh, Nancy

doi:10.1111/jmwh.12907

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“…Asthma is a worldwide common and frequently encountered disease, which brings a very heavy economic burden to the society [ 1 ]. The commonly used medicine for controlling asthma are inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or in combination with an inhaled long-acting β 2 agonist (LABA) [ 2 ].…”

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Tentative study on radial endobronchial ultrasonography evaluating airway wall thickness before and after bronchial thermoplasty

Huang

Zhu

et al. 2022

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

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Aim We aimed to observe the clinical practicing value of radial endobronchial ultrasonography evaluating airway wall thickness before and after bronchial thermoplasty. Methods We selected two patients who received bronchial thermoplasty in our hospital. We measured the thickness of each segmental airway wall of each patient by radial endobronchial ultrasonography, and observed the difference before and after the therapy. All the treatments and measurement were performed by a designated bronchoscopist and the locations and depths of the ultrasound probe were relatively fixed, to reduce the operational error. Results In both two patients, the mean thicknesses of all segmental airway walls was 4.9 ± 0.7 mm before the first session of BT; the mean thickness was 4.13 ± 0.92 mm before the second session; the mean thickness was 2.69 ± 0.68 mm before the third session; the mean thickness was 2.7 ± 0.5 mm in the follow-up measurement at six months after the BT treatment; all thicknesses of airway wall were significantly reduced comparing with those before treatment; all the thicknesses of the airway walls were stable without any tendency of thickening after six months. Although the airways in the right middle lobe of both two patients were not received BT, their thicknesses were also decreased comparing with those before the treatment; both upper lobes bronchus of both two patients were not activated in the first and second sessions, but their thicknesses were also decreased at the third measurement. Conclusion Radial endobronchial ultrasonography is a simple and practical method to measure the thickness of patient's airway wall. Bronchial thermoplasty can effectively reduce the thickness of airway wall. It can reduce airway smooth muscle by direct activation and other possible more complicated mechanism, which need further research.

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