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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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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, Enrico Heffler, Corrado Pelaia, Francesca Puggioni, Francesca Racca, Sebastian Ferri, Lina Spinello, Morena Merigo, Donatella Lamacchia, Giuseppe Cataldo, Melissa Sansonna, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Giovanni Paoletti   +12 more
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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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Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure asthma control.

European Respiratory Journal, 1999
International guidelines on asthma management indicate that the primary goal of treatment should be optimum asthma control. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ).
E. Juniper, P. O'Byrne, G. Guyatt, P. Ferrie, Derek R. King   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Objective cough frequency, airway inflammation, and disease control in asthma [PDF]

, 2016
Background Cough is recognized as an important troublesome symptom in the diagnosis and monitoring of asthma. Asthma control is thought to be determined by the degree of airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness but how these factors relate to cough
Ashley Woodcock, Baharudin Ibrahim, Cazzoletti, Cox, Crapo, de Marco, Decalmer, Deykin, Green, Haldar, Imran Satia, Iona Donnelly, Jaclyn A. Smith, Jayaram, Juniper, Kelsall, Langley, Langley, Langley, Lisa Jolly, Lucy Yates, Manfreda, Marsden, Miller, Mincheva, Morjaria, Neil C. Thomson, Osman, Paul A. Marsden, Pavord, Prieto, Quaedvlieg, Shaw, Smith, Sont, Stephen J. Fowler, Sumino, Sumner, Szefler, Thomson, Volbeda, Widdicombe   +41 more
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Impact of Air Pollution on Asthma Outcomes

International 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, P. Novakova, D. Nedeva, H. Chong-Neto, S. Novakova, P. Steiropoulos, K. Kowal   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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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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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, Jing Zhai, Samuel E. Packard, Amber Spangenberg, Duane L. Sherrill, Fernando D. Martinez, Marilyn Halonen, Stefano Guerra   +7 more
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