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Asthma outcomes: Exacerbations [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2012
The goals of asthma treatment include preventing recurrent exacerbations. Yet there is no consensus about the terminology for describing or defining “exacerbation,” or about how to characterize an episode’s severity.
Anne, Fuhlbrigge   +10 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Social network characteristics of COVID-19 vaccination and preventive health behaviors: Cross-sectional findings from the US northeast during the early COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesVaccine: X
Background: The link between individuals’ vaccine attitudes and their social networks has been widely studied, but less is known about how these networks impact broader health behaviors like precautionary measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aditya S. Khanna   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Unresolved Role of Interferon-λ in Asthma Bronchiale

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2017
Asthma bronchiale is a disease of the airways with increasing incidence, that often begins during infancy. So far, therapeutic options are mainly symptomatic and thus there is an increasing need for better treatment and/or prevention strategies.
Nina Sopel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using bacterial biomarkers to identify early indicators of cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation onset

open access: yes, 2011
Acute periods of pulmonary exacerbation are the single most important cause of morbidity in cystic fibrosis patients, and may be associated with a loss of lung function.
Matt W Johnson   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Nationwide COPD Pay-for-Performance Program on COPD Exacerbations in Taiwan

open access: yesInternational Journal of COPD, 2021
Shih-Lung Cheng,1,2,* Yi-Rong Li,3,* Nicole Huang,4 Chong-Jen Yu,5 Hao-Chien Wang,5 Meng-Chih Lin,6 Kuo-Chin Chiu,7 Wu-Huei Hsu,8 Chiung-Zuei Chen,9 Chau-Chyun Sheu,10,11 Diahn-Warng Perng,12 Sheng-Hao Lin,13 Tsung-Ming Yang,14 Chih-Bin Lin,15 ...
Cheng SL   +15 more
doaj  

Acute exacerbation of airspace enlargement with fibrosis

open access: yes, 2014
In 2008, Kawabata etal. described a lesion which they termed "airspace enlargement with fibrosis" that could be included on the spectrum of smoking-related interstitial lung diseases.
Kakugawa, Tomoyuki   +21 more
core   +1 more source

Viruses and asthma exacerbations [PDF]

open access: yesThorax, 1998
For many years general opinion has been that upper respiratory viruses were the cause of the common cold but were able to produce serious complications only in infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised subjects. Although a connection between upper respiratory infections and asthma had long been recognised, the potential importance of the association ...
N G, Papadopoulos, S L, Johnston
openaire   +2 more sources

Noninvasive ventilation–neurally adjusted ventilator assist for management of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

open access: yesLung India, 2018
Patient–ventilator asynchrony is common with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) used for management of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Vijay Hadda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exacerbations of bronchiectasis

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review
Bronchiectasis presents a significant challenge due to its rising prevalence, associated economic burden and clinical heterogeneity. This review synthesises contemporary understanding and literature of bronchiectasis exacerbations, addressing the transition from stable state to exacerbations, underlining the importance of early and precise recognition,
Alessandro De Angelis   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Conundrum in an asthma exacerbation [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Case Reports, 2016
A 66-year-old man, an asthmatic, presented with symptoms suggestive of an acute exacerbation of asthma. His arterial blood gas revealed type 1 respiratory failure (PaO2<8 kPa or 60 mm Hg with normal or low PaCO2) with a compensated lactic acidosis. He was treated for an asthma exacerbation and sepsis. Despite treatment, his respiratory rate remained
Barney Thomas Jesudason, Isaac   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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