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The blue one takes a battering why do young adults with asthma overuse bronchodilator inhalers? A qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Impact of Air Pollution on Asthma Outcomes

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by variable airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and airway inflammation. Evidence suggests that air pollution has a negative impact on asthma outcomes in both adult and pediatric ...
A. Tiotiu   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of asthma symptoms in Golestan schoolchildren aged 6–7 and 13–14 years in Northeast Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Latin American chronic urticaria registry (CUR) contribution to the understanding and knowledge of the disease in the region

open access: yesWorld Allergy Organization Journal, 2019
Chronic urticaria (CU) has a widespread spectrum on causal or exacerbating factors, clinical manifestations, therapeutic response and quality of life affectation. Registries are useful tools in several real-life diagnosis and management approach.We aimed
René Maximiliano Gómez   +30 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology of Asthma in Children and Adults

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2019
Asthma is a globally significant non-communicable disease with major public health consequences for both children and adults, including high morbidity, and mortality in severe cases.
S. Dharmage, J. Perret, A. Custovic
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide association studies of asthma in 5,416 individuals with asthma (cases) including ...
Abel, Rebekah A   +81 more
core   +2 more sources

House Dust Mite and Cat Dander Extract Induce Asthma-Like Histopathology with an Increase of Mucosal Mast Cells in a Guinea Pig Model

open access: yesJournal of Immunology Research, 2023
Background. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease with structural changes in the lungs defined as airway remodelling. Mast cell responses are important in asthma as they, upon activation, release mediators inducing bronchoconstriction, inflammatory ...
Patricia Ramos-Ramírez   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Swab-Seq as a scalable, sensitive assay for community surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 infection

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and subsequent demand for viral testing has led to issues in scaling diagnostic lab efforts and in securing basic supplies for collection and processing of samples. This has motivated efforts by the scientific community to
HyunJin Kang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

(Correcting) misdiagnoses of asthma: A cost effectiveness analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work ...
Amanda Sumner   +24 more
core   +4 more sources

A 5-year Study of Systemic Reactions Using both Shared and Patient-Specific Vaccines

open access: yesAllergy & Rhinology, 2013
The safety of shared specific vaccines (SSVs) has been questioned by some experts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety of SSVs. Details of systemic allergic reactions after subcutaneous immunotherapy injections were captured on a ...
Julian Melamed M.D.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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