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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
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Intelligent Risk Alarm for Asthma Patients using Artificial Neural Networks [PDF]
Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways of the lungs. It results in inflammation and narrowing of the respiratory passages, which prevents air flow into the airways and leads to frequent bouts of shortness of breath with wheezing accompanied by coughing and phlegm after exposure to inhalation of substances that provoke allergic reactions or ...
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Building a Decision Support System for Automated Mobile Asthma Monitoring in Remote Areas [PDF]
Advances in mobile computing have paved the way for the development of several health applications using smartphone as a platform for data acquisition, analysis and presentation. Such areas where mhealth systems have been extensively deployed include monitoring of long term health conditions like Cardio Vascular Diseases and pulmonary disorders, as ...
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Monitoring asthma in childhood : Lung function, bronchial responsiveness and inflammation [PDF]
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ERS Task Force Monitoring Asthma in Children
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Cytomegalovirus serology in young to mid‐adult life and decline of lung function
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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Prevalence of asthma symptoms in Golestan schoolchildren aged 6–7 and 13–14 years in Northeast Iran [PDF]
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
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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Diagnosis and management of eosinophilic asthma: a US perspective. [PDF]
Eosinophilic asthma is now recognized as an important subphenotype of asthma based on the pattern of inflammatory cellular infiltrate in the airway. Eosinophilic asthma can be associated with increased asthma severity, atopy, late-onset disease, and ...
Doherty, Taylor A, Walford, Hannah H
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A 5-year Study of Systemic Reactions Using both Shared and Patient-Specific Vaccines
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
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Asthma is one of the most common medical problems to complicate pregnancy. Review of the literature suggests that equal proportions of women improve, worsen, and stay the same regarding their asthma course during pregnancy. Review of the literature also reveals that asthmatic women may be at increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes, but optimal ...
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