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Clinical Trial
. 1969 Jul 19;3(5663):143-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5663.143.

Effects of beta-adrenergic receptor blockade on airway conductance and lung volume in normal and asthmatic subjects

P S Richardson, G M Sterling
Clinical Trial

Effects of beta-adrenergic receptor blockade on airway conductance and lung volume in normal and asthmatic subjects

P S Richardson et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

Ten normal and five asthmatic subjects were given intravenous injections of 10 ml. of 0.9% saline with and without 10 mg. of propranolol, and specific airway conductance was followed in a whole-body plethysmograph. Saline alone had no significant effect on conducatance in either group of subjects. Propranolol had no significant effect on conductance in normal subjects, but caused a mean fall of 34.9% in the asthmatics.

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