Original articleA comparison of histamine and methacholine bronchial challenges using the DeVilbiss 646 nebulizer and the Rosenthal-French dosimeter
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2005, ChestCitation Excerpt :In contrast, in subjects with more significant AHR (PC20 < 2 mg/mL), the difference between the two methods was less than one doubling concentration and was entirely due to dose since the deep inhalation did not appear to influence the tidal breathing method. Similar observations were made by Bennett and Davies,11 who observed that, in subjects who had PC20 < 2 mg/mL, the tidal breathing method produced a lower PC20 than the dosimeter. However, the differences disappeared when corrected for the dose delivered.
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2005, ChestCitation Excerpt :Likewise, the means of calibration of the dosimeter nebulizer system discussed above (DeVilbiss) was also not specified. Several other studies17,18,19,20 cannot be compared to ours because of methodologic differences or lack of documentation of nebulizer output. These results indicate that when the tests are done as outlined by the ATS, different cut points should be used for the different methods.
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