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Asthma Prevalence, Knowledge, and Perceptions among Secondary School Pupils in Rural and Urban Costal Districts in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2014
Asthma is a common chronic disease of childhood that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of asthma among secondary school pupils in urban and rural areas of coast districts of Tanzania.
A Rodriguez, A Senthilselvan, B Quarm-Goka, C Niekerk, D Keeley, E von Mutius, EA Yobo, EF Crain, EG Weinberg, F Mugusi, Ferdinand Mugusi, Godfrey Mutashambara Rwegerera, GW Wong, H Anderson, H Anderson, J Liebhart, J Odhiambo, Julius Chacha Mwita, KM Hurwitz, M Asher, Meshack Shimwela, MI Asher, Michael Mwandri, N Ait‒Khaled, N Pearce, R Beasley, S Berntsen, SBL Barnett, The United Republic of Tanzania, Yohana Mashalla   +29 more
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Culture-specific programs for children and adults from minority groups who have asthma (Review) [PDF]

, 2009
Background People with asthma who come from minority groups have poorer asthma outcomes and more asthma related visits to Emergency Departments (ED). Various programmes are used to educate and empower people with asthma and these have previously been ...
Bailey, EJ, Brown, N, Cates, CJ, Chang, AB, Kruske, SG, Morris, PS   +5 more
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Use of the complex of models of regression for analysis of the factors that determine the severity of bronchial asthma [PDF]

, 2020
Background: According to an International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), the prevalence of asthma in children of 6-7 years old has increased by 10%, and at the age of 13-14 years by 16% over the last decade.
Kozhyna, Olga S., Pihnastyi, O. M.
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Smoking in asthma is associated with elevated levels of corticosteroid resistant sputum cytokines—an exploratory study [PDF]

, 2013
<p>Background: Current cigarette smoking is associated with reduced acute responses to corticosteroids and worse clinical outcomes in stable chronic asthma. The mechanism by which current smoking promotes this altered behavior is currently unclear.
A McKay, A Sykes, B Pedersen, Carl de Wet, Charles McSharry, Christopher J. Weir, E Goleva, E Goleva, E Irusen, E Juniper, E Livingston, GJ Zijlstra, GW Chalmers, GW Chalmers, H Kerstjens, J Kam, J St-Laurent, JEM Tomlinson, M Althuis, M Broekema, M Spears, Marco Idzko, Mark Spears, MR Edwards, MR Miller, MR Stämpfli, NC Thomson, Neil C. Thomson, R Chaudhuri, R Chaudhuri, R Crapo, R Meijer, R Sher, Rekha Chaudhuri, S Holgate, SC Lazarus, SE Pedersen, SE Wenzel, WE Naugler, Z Qiu, Z Xing   +40 more
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It takes a village: perceptions of Winnipeg parents, students, teachers and school staff regarding the impact of food allergy on school-age students and their families

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2022
Background The entire school community contributes to the safety of students with food allergy. We sought to determine the food allergy perceptions and education needs of parents, students and school staff, with the goal of enhancing food allergy ...
Nancy Ross, Sandra Dalke, Shauna Filuk, Bev Kulbaba, Diane Marks, Jo-Anne St-Vincent, Elinor Simons   +6 more
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Polyethylene Glycol and Polysorbate 80 Skin Tests in the Context of an Allergic Risk Assessment for Hypersensitivity Reactions to Anti-SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines

Vaccines, 2023
Concern has arisen about hypersensitivity reactions in patients with allergic reactions to drugs containing polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polysorbate 80 (PS80), excipients of currently available anti-SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines.
Emanuele Nappi, Francesca Racca, Alessandra Piona, Maria Rita Messina, Sebastian Ferri, Donatella Lamacchia, Giuseppe Cataldo, Giovanni Costanzo, Lorenzo Del Moro, Francesca Puggioni, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Enrico Heffler, Giovanni Paoletti   +12 more
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Prevalence of asthma symptoms in Golestan schoolchildren aged 6–7 and 13–14 years in Northeast Iran [PDF]

, 2016
Asthma is the most common chronic disease among children, and its incidences are often imminent among elementary schoolchildren. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of asthma symptoms in Golestan schoolchildren aged 6–7 and 13–14 years in ...
Bazrafshan, B., Khodadost, M., Mehravar, F., Rafiee, S.   +3 more
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Predictive factors for moderate or severe exacerbations in asthma patients receiving outpatient care

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017
Background Asthma exacerbations are important events that affect disease control, but predictive factors for severe or moderate exacerbations are not known. The objective was to study the predictive factors for moderate (ME) and severe (SE) exacerbations
Francisco Javier Álvarez Gutiérrez, Marta Ferrer Galván, Juan Francisco Medina Gallardo, Marta Barrera Mancera, Beatriz Romero Romero, Auxiliadora Romero Falcón   +5 more
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Patient and public involvement in research: from tokenistic box ticking to valued team members

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background Patient and public involvement (PPI) in research envisages a relationship built throughout the lifespan of a research project between academics, clinicians and PPI colleagues in order to inform, plan, execute and, in due course, disseminate ...
Tracy Jackson, Hilary Pinnock, Su May Liew, Elsie Horne, Elisabeth Ehrlich, Olivia Fulton, Allison Worth, Aziz Sheikh, Anna De Simoni   +8 more
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Desensitization Protocols for Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines in Patients with High Risk of Allergic Reactions

Vaccines, 2023
Vaccines for SAR-CoV-2 are the most effective preventive treatment able to reduce the risk of contracting the infection and experiencing worse outcomes whenever the infection is contracted.
Maria Rita Messina, Carlotta Crisciotti, Laura Pellegrini, Emanuele Nappi, Francesca Racca, Giovanni Costanzo, Lorenzo Del Moro, Sebastian Ferri, Francesca Puggioni, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Enrico Heffler, Giovanni Paoletti   +11 more
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