... are different. We investigated the perception of bronchoconstriction in subjects with bronchiectasis, asthma and chronic bronchitis and possible contributing factors. Forty-seven non-smoking subjects with bronchiectasis, 50 subjects with asthma and 31 with chronic bronchitis were challenged with histamine...

... is associated with increased serum erythropoietin levels both by day and by night. © 1993 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1993 circadian rhythm chronic bronchitis emphysema erythropoietin hypoxaemia polycythaemia Clinical Science (1993) 84, 319-324 (Printed in Great...

...D. F. Rogers; N. C. Turner; C. Marriott; P. K. Jeffery 1. Mucous secretion and mucosal permeability by the larynx and trachea, isolated in situ , was investigated in normal rats and in those in which ‘chronic bronchitis' was induced by daily exposure to cigarette smoke for 2 weeks. Fucose was used...

... and not merely a result of diurnal variation. 4. This finding has important implications for patients with chronic bronchitis or asthma, in whom early morning cough or wheeze may be a predominant feature. Clinical Science and Molecular Medicine (1978), 55,523-527 The retention of lung secretions during the night...

...R. H. A. Campbell; Hilary L. Brand; J. R. Cox; P. Howard 1. Body weight was measured through forty consecutive illnesses in seventeen patients with oedema in association with chronic bronchitis and hypoxia. All patients were taking diuretic drugs at the time. 2. Body weight increased little...

...K. D. Lee; J. M. Bishop 1. The extent of the reflex hypoxic respiratory drive was investigated in a group of patients who were hypoxaemic because of chronic bronchitis. 2. Oxygen was substituted for the inspired air for periods of 1–2 min. This produced a rise in arterial P o 2 ( P a,o 2 ) which...

...T. W. Astin 1. Measurements of airways resistance and lung volume were made in sixteen patients with chronic bronchitis and ten patients without chest disease before and after intravenous propranolol administration. 2. The airways resistance of the patients with chronic bronchitis increased...

...T. W. Astin 1. Airways resistance and lung volume were measured in twenty-five patients with chronic bronchitis and fifteen patients without chest disease before and after the inhalation of isoprenaline. Similar measurements were made on fourteen of these patients with chronic bronchitis and twelve...