EFFECT OF A SIMULATED ALTITUDE CHANGE ON ASTHMA

Journal/Book: Reprinted from ANNALS OF ALLERGY Volume 20 Pages 666-668 October 1962. 1962;

Abstract: VAN V. CHAMBERS M.D. MATHEA R. ALLANSMITH M.D. and HAROLD J. SIMON M.D. Palo Alto California SUMMARY 1. An atmospheric pressure change equivalent to an elevation of 8000 feet above sea level for a period of six hours does not result in any observable tange among asthmatic patients. No changes in clinical status were discovered immediately or during the four weeks following the pressure change. 2. It is worth while to determine if a visit to the mountains is really of any benefit to asthmatic patients at all. If this could be established a search for the precise factors contributing to such improvement may be worth while. ___MH

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