• 作者：Jes&#250 ; s Bellido-Casado^a ; ^{jbellido@santpau.cat} ; Vicente Plaza^a ; Miguel Perpiñ ; á ; ^b ; Cé ; sar Picado^c ; Santiago Bardagí ; ^d ; Cecilia Martí ; nez-Br&#250 ; ^e ; Montserrat Torrejó ; n^a
• 关键词：Exacerbació ; n grave de asma ; Inflamació ; n ; Eosinó ; filos ; Neutró ; filos ; Edema
• 刊名：Archivos de Bronconeumolog铆a
• 出版年：2010
• 期刊代码：pca65_03002896
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：November 2010
• 卷：46
• 期：11
• 页码：587-593
• 文件大小：222 K

The association between onset of asthma exacerbation and the inflammatory response has not been sufficiently studied.

Objective

To determine the differential mechanisms of the rapid onset (RO) asthma exacerbation.

Methods

We designed a prospective, multicentre study that included 34 patients who suffered from asthma exacerbation. They were distributed into three groups of asthmatics, depending of the time of onset: from 0 to 24 h, from 25 to 144 h and more than 145 h. We collected clinical data, sputum, blood and urine samples when first seen at the clinic and the next 24 h later, and differential cell counts and biomarkers were determined

Results

The asthmatics who suffered a RO exacerbation showed a higher elastase concentration, (1.028卤1.140; 310卤364; 401卤390 ng/ml) (P<0.05) and albumin (46.2卤4.3; 42卤3.4; 39.9卤4.8 g/l) (P<0.05) in the blood sample. Neutrophils, eosinophils (blood or sputum), eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) (blood), interleukin 8 (IL₈) (blood) and leukotriene E4 (LTE₄) (urine) were high in the three groups (P>0.05). We demonstrated an association between the onset of exacerbation and the severity of obstruction (FEV₁) (r=鈭?.360; P=0.037), eosinophils in sputum (r=鈭?.399; P=0.029), albumin (r=鈭?.442; P=0.013), and IL₈ in sputum (r=0.357; P=0.038).

Conclusions

The results suggest a rapid inflammatory response, both neutrophilic and eosinophilic, in the asthmatic exacerbation. However, the swelling in the bronchi may play an important role in the initial inflammatory response in the exacerbations depending of time of onset.