RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Audit of a new mannitol challenge testing service in a UK tertiary centre
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP p934
VO 38
IS Suppl 55
A1 Bucknall, Martyn
YR 2011
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p934.abstract
AB Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation trust (GSTT) is a tertiary hospital based in London, UK, offering specialist allergy and asthma clinics.In July 2010, GSTT switched from using histamine to mannitol for performing bronchial challenge testing (BCT). BCT is an essential diagnostic investigation for identifying/excluding asthma and monitoring responses to treatment regiimes.We performed an audit of the new service, using mannitol between July 2010 and February 2011. We looked at patient demographics, (age, sex, baseline lung function), test outcomes (i.e. positive, negative, reasons for terminating test, fall in FEV1), sources of referral and clinical rweasons for referral to our laboratory.Table 1 shows patient demographics and baseline lung function. 60 patients were referred to the service (28M, 32F). The mean age was 40.2 yrs.View this table:Table 1. Patient demographicsTable 2 shows source of referral and reason for referral.View this table:Table 2. Source of referral