ASTHMA RISK FACTORS AND PREVENTION BEHAVIOUR RELATE TO ASTHMA LEVEL OF CONTROL
Introduction : Asthma’s symptoms are commonly persistent in each asthmatic client, but they could be controlled. This control directly refers to asthma level of control.
Nursalam Nursalam +2 more
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Dietary patterns and adult asthma: population-based case-control study.
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies of diet and asthma have focused on relations with intakes of individual nutrients and foods and evidence has been conflicting. Few studies have examined associations with dietary patterns.
Thompson, R L +6 more
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Managing the pediatric patient with refractory asthma: a multidisciplinary approach [PDF]
Children with asthma that is refractory to high levels of prescribed treatment are described as having problematic severe asthma. Those in whom persistent symptoms result from a failure of basic asthma management are described as having “difficult asthma”
Winch, D +21 more
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Psychological characteristics of adolescents with good or poor asthma control [PDF]
The main purpose of this study was to investigate what are the psychological differences between adolescents with poor or good asthma control. One hundred and twenty one adolescents participated in the study, aged 12 to 16.
Nišević Sanja
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Asthma control in patients receiving inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta2-agonist fixed combinations. A real-life study comparing dry powder inhalers and a pressurized metered dose inhaler extrafine formulation [PDF]
Background Although patients have more problems using metered dose inhalers, clinical comparisons suggest they provide similar control to dry powder inhalers.
Eszes, Noemi +23 more
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THE SYSTEMIC ELEMENT OF INFLAMMATION IN ASTHMA COMORBID WITH HYPERTENSION DISEASE
Aim. Evaluation of the severity of inflammation at systemic level and its relation with clinical picture, lipid parameters, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant system (LP-AS) in bronchial asthma (BA) patients with comorbid arterial hypertension (AH ...
T. N. Zaripova +2 more
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Omalizumab: clinical use for the management of asthma [PDF]
Omalizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds circulating IgE antibody, is a treatment option for patients with moderate to severe allergic asthma whose asthma is poorly controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and inhaled long-acting ß2 agonist ...
Rekha Chaudhuri +3 more
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Evaluation of asthma control, parents’ quality of life and preference between AeroChamber Plus and AeroChamber Plus Flow-Vu spacers in young children with asthma [PDF]
Objective: The AeroChamber Plus (AC) valved holding chamber has been enhanced to include the Flow-Vu (FV) inspiratory flow indicator that provides visual inhalation feedback during use. We have investigated if FV alters asthma control and whether parents
Toor, Sophie +4 more
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Mild asthma: from paradoxes to therapy optimization
Exacerbations of bronchial asthma are specific not only for severe, but also for mild disease course. Analysis of the causes revealed paradoxes in the treatment that contribute to the uncontrolled course of mild asthma.
R. S. Fassakhov
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Asthma control in the Portuguese National Asthma Survey
We aimed (1) to measure asthma control using a structure-questionnaire and patient self-perception of asthma-control in the Portuguese National Asthma Survey (INAsma) and (2) to study the relationship between asthma control and asthma-related quality of life.We analyze data of asthma patients from a cross-sectional, nationwide telephone interview study
A, Sá-Sousa +7 more
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