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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 +29 more
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Medical Clinics of North America, 1986 Asthma represents a readily treatable disease that today is still associated with significant morbidity and mortality, much of which may be preventable with prompt and correct therapy. An understanding of the clinical presentations of this disease, as well as an understanding of effective, multiagent therapy, is the goal of this article.
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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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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020 Rationale: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2), and TMPRSS2 (transmembrane protease serine 2) mediate viral infection of host cells.
M. Peters +21 more
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Pediatrics In Review, 2019 This review provides an evidence-based guide for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of patients with asthma. It addresses typical questions that arise in the clinic-based care of patients with asthma and provides a basic and comprehensive resource for asthma care.
Patel, Shilpa J., Teach, Stephen J.
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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 +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 +8 more
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Asthma Surveillance — United States, 2006–2018
Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2021 Problem Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that requires ongoing medical management. Socioeconomic and demographic factors as well as health care use might influence health patterns in urban and rural areas.
Cynthia A. Pate +5 more
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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 +40 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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