Identifying exercise-induced bronchospasm: Treatment hinges on distinguishing it from chronic asthma

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Hermansen, Christian L ^a,b   Kirchner, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Elmer Family Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CETIRIZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FEXOFENADINE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LORATADINE; MONTELUKAST; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; ZAFIRLUKAST;

ASTHMA; ATHLETE; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED BRONCHOSPASM; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 2942550481     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2004.06.1541     Document Type: Review

References (26)

1. Rupp NT. Diagnosis and management of exercise-induced asthma. Physician Sports Med 1996;24(1):77-87
2. Canadian Lung Association. Asthma and exercise. Available at: http://www.lung.ca/asthma/exercise/eib.html. Accessed Mar 18, 2003
3. Anderson SD, Holzer K. Exercise-induced asthma: Is it the right diagnosis in elite athletes? J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;106(3):419-28
4. Voy RO. The U.S. Olympic Committee experience with exercise-induced bronchospasm, 1984. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1986;18(3):328-30
5. Weiler JM, Ryan EJ III. Asthma in United States olympic athletes who participated in the 1998 olympic winter games. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;106(2):267-71
6. Sonna LA, Angel KC, Sharp MA, et al. The prevalence of exercise-induced bronchospasm among US Army recruits and its effects on physical performance. Chest 2001;119(6):1676-84
7. Anderson SD, Daviskas E. The mechanism of exercise-induced asthma is... J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;106(3):453-9
8. Finotto S, Neurath MF, Glickman JN, et al. Development of spontaneous airway changes consistent with human asthma in mice lacking T-bet. Science 2002;295(5553):336-8
9. Jarjour NN, Calhoun WJ. Exercise-induced asthma is not associated with mast cell activation or airway inflammation. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1992;89(1 Pt 1):60-8
10. Karjalainen EM, Laitinen A, Sue-Chu M, et al. Evidence of airway inflammation and remodeling in ski athletes with and without bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161(6):2086-91
11. Helenius I, Haahtela T. Allergy and asthma in elite summer sport athletes. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;106(3):444-52
12. Ram FS, Robinson SM, Black PN. Physical training for asthma (Cochrane review). The Cochrane Library. Available at: http://209.242 .147.2/Abs/ab001116.htm. Accessed Mar 19, 2003
13. Matsumoto I, Araki H, Tsuda K, et al. Effects of swimming training on aerobic capacity and exercise induced bronchoconstriction in children with bronchial asthma. Thorax 1999;54(3):196-201
14. Clark CJ, Cochrane LM. Physical activity and asthma. Curr Opin Pulm Med 1999;5(1):68-75
15. Storms WW, Exercise-induced asthma: diagnosis and treatment for the recreational or elite athlete. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1999;31(1 Suppl): S33-8
16. Wiens L, Sabath R, Ewing L, et al. Chest pain in otherwise healthy children and adolescents is frequently caused by exercise-induced asthma. Pediatrics 1992;90(3):350-3
17. Krieger BP. When wheezing may not mean asthma: other common and uncommon causes to consider. Postgrad Med 2002;112(2):101-11
18. Inman MD. Management of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Can Respir J 1999;6(4): 345-54
19. Spooner CH, Saunders LD, Rowe BH. Nedocromil sodium for preventing exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (Cochrane review). The Cochrane Library. Available at: http://209.242.147.2/Abs/ab001183.htm. Accessed Mar 19, 2003
20. 2-agonists, leukotriene receptor antagonists, and a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor on exercise-induced asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;106(3):500-6
21. Nelson JA, Strauss L, Skowronski M, et al. Effect of long-term salmeterol treatment on exercise-induced asthma. N Engl J Med 1998;339(3): 141-6
22. Simons FE, Gerstner TV, Cheang MS. Tolerance to the bronchoprotective effect of salmeterol in adolescents with exercise-induced asthma using concurrent inhaled glucocorticoid treatment. Pediatrics 1997;99(5):655-9
23. Yuan Y, Wang Z, Luo Y, et al. Cetirizine improves the resistance of airway and pulmonary function in patients with asthma. J West China University Med Sci 1996;27(4):411-4
24. Jonasson G, Carlsen KH, Hultquist C. Low-dose budesonide improves exercise-induced bronchospasm in schoolchildren. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2000;11(2):120-5
25. Leff JA, Busse WW, Pearlman D, et al. Montelukast, a leukotriene-receptor antagonist, for the treatment of mild asthma and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. N Engl J Med 1998;399(3):147-52
26. Reiff DB, Choudry NB, Pride NB, et al. The effect of prolonged submaximal warm-up exercise on exercise-induced asthma. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989;139(2):479-84