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Basophils in Immunity: Activation Pathways, Roles in Allergy and AllergoOncology and Application of the Basophil Activation Test

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Basophils, the least abundant leukocytes, are increasingly recognised as potent immunomodulators. Upon activation, they rapidly release preformed granule‐associated mediators including histamine and lipid mediators such as LTC4, while cytokine production occurs over a longer timescale, contributing to downstream immune responses.
Jitesh Chauhan, Sofia Vlasova, Alicia Chenoweth, Debra H. Josephs, Heather J. Bax, Sophia N. Karagiannis   +5 more
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Patient Knowledge and Antibiotic Abuse: Evidence from an Audit Study in China [PDF]

We ask how patient knowledge of appropriate antibiotic usage affects both physicians prescribing behavior and the physician-patient relationship. We conduct an audit study in which a pair of simulated patients with identical flu-like complaints visits ...
Wei Zhang, Janet Currie, Wanchuan Lin
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Pathogenic Airway Bacteria and Local Immune Responses During Early‐Life Asthma‐Like Episodes

Allergy, EarlyView.
This study investigates how Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Moraxella catarrhalis associate with airway immune responses during early‐life asthma‐like episodes, and compare these responses between children with and without asthma.
Mathilde Bundgaard Svendsen, Tamo Sultan, Anton Kjellberg, Mathias Melgaard, Susanne Brix, Karen Krogfelt, Nilo Vahman, Ann‐Marie Malby Schoos, Jakob Stokholm, Bo Lund Chawes, Klaus Bønnelykke, Jonathan Thorsen, Julie Nyholm Kyvsgaard   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primary Care Quality and Inappropriate Community Antibiotic Use: A Double Machine Learning Instrumental Variable Approach

Inappropriate antibiotic use presents a major global health challenge, particularly in low-resource settings where access to quality care is limited but antibiotics remain relatively unrestricted.
Sihang Rao, Ann Weber, Hongmei Yi, Kristen Hassmiller-Lich, Sean Sylvia, Yunwei Chen   +5 more
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Peri‐operative management of patients having day surgery: a consensus statement from the Association of Anaesthetists, British Association for Day Surgery and the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists, Great Britain and Ireland

Anaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Day surgery is now recognised widely as being a vital component of modern healthcare delivery with overall day surgery rates in the UK now > 85%. Day surgery offers an enhanced experience for patients with reduced risk of postoperative complications (e.g.
Craig R. Bailey, David Bunting, Lindsay Hudman, Shivan Kanani, Kirstin May, Catalina Stendall, Rachel Tibble, Allan Xu, Matthew D. Wiles   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A gut reaction: Novel concerns and recommendations to address inappropriate antibiotic use

, 2016
The development of antibiotics is one of the greatest advances of modern medicine. While antibiotics have dramatically improved morbidity and mortality rates worldwide, current evidence asserts that one should err on the side of caution when prescribing ...
Hasan, Dalia, Reilly, Kristen
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Making Sense of Point‐Of‐Care Testing for the Acute Management of Respiratory Tract Infections in Young Children: Caregiver Experiences in Sweden

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study examined how parents perceive and experience point‐of‐care testing in a paediatric emergency department and how these tests relate to the overall diagnostic process. Parents sought care for their children due to suspected respiratory tract infections. Methods Twenty parents participated in semi‐structured interviews.
Helle Mølsted Alvesson, Ingela Zenk, Reza Rasti, Tobias Alfvén   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small area variations and welfare loss in the use of antibiotics in the community [PDF]

This paper seeks to explain local variations in the use of antibiotics in the community and to assess the welfare loss due to heterogeneous attitudes towards the risk of bacterial infections and resistance. Significant differences are observed in the per
Karine Moschetti, Massimo Filippini, Giuliano Masiero   +2 more
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Early Hospital Practices Were Associated With Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Late Preterm and Early Term Infants

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To assess how maternal/infant characteristics and early hospital practices influenced exclusive breastfeeding at 2–3 weeks postpartum among mothers intending to breastfeed their late preterm and early term infants. Methods This secondary analysis used data from a randomised controlled trial of 72 mothers of late preterm (34 + 0–36 + 6) and
S. Dib, J. C. K. Wells, M. S. Fewtrell
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Improve antibiotic use to combat antibiotic resistance [PDF]

CDC is working to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.White House National Action Plan to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) Goal: By 2020, reduce inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use by 50%.Poster illustration: Centers for Disease Control and ...

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