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 +29 more
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Allergy clinics in times of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an integrated model
Clinical and Translational Allergy, 2020 Background Almost the entire World is experiencing the Coronavirus-Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, responsible, at the end of May 2020, of more than five million people infected worldwide and about 350,000 deaths. In this context, a deep reorganization
Giacomo Malipiero +12 more
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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 +11 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 +5 more
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The blue one takes a battering why do young adults with asthma overuse bronchodilator inhalers? A qualitative study [PDF]
, 2013 Objective: Overuse of short-acting bronchodilators is internationally recognised as a marker of poor asthma control, high healthcare use and increased risk of asthma death. Young adults with asthma commonly overuse short-acting bronchodilators. We sought
Cole, S, Griffiths, C, Seale, C
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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. +3 more
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High cytomegalovirus serology and subsequent COPD-related mortality: a longitudinal study
ERJ Open Research, 2020 Background Positive serology for cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been associated with all-cause mortality risk but its role in COPD mortality is unknown. The objective of the present study was to assess the relationship between CMV serology and COPD mortality.
Raffaella Nenna +7 more
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LINX®, a novel treatment for patients with refractory asthma complicated by gastroesophageal reflux disease: a case report. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundGastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common comorbidities in patients with asthma. Gastroesophageal reflux disease can be linked to difficult-to-control asthma.
Kenyon, Nicholas J +6 more
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Cytomegalovirus serology in young to mid‐adult life and decline of lung function
The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023 Introduction Cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositivity has been recently linked to severity and progression of asthma, cystic fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To date, no longitudinal study has addressed the relation of CMV serology
Raffaella Nenna +6 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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