Children with asthma living in rural areas receive most of their care from primary care providers (PCPs) who have variable knowledge of evidence-based guideline management.To test the capacity of The Asthma Toolkit Bootcamp...
Patients with end-stage kidney disease have an increased fracture risk. Whether mild to moderate reductions in kidney function is associated with increased fracture risk is uncertain. Results from previous studies may be...
Equine asthma is a common cause of poor performance in racehorses but it is unclear if respiratory viruses contribute to its etiology. The objective of the study was to determine if respiratory viruses were associated with...
Sleep disturbance remains insufficiently characterized in many dermatoses.To investigate the prevalence, burden and factors associated with sleep disturbance in dermatological patients.We recruited 800 patients and recorded...
Most patients with childhood-onset immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy and enteropathy have no genetic diagnosis for their illness. These patients may undergo empirical immunosuppressive treatment with highly variable...
The number of mast cells in various organs is manifold elevated in individuals with systemic mastocytosis. Degranulation can lead to life-threatening symptomatology. No data have been published about the alterations of the...
Evidence from high-income countries suggests that depressive symptoms may mediate the relationship between smoking and pain. However, the relationship remains poorly understood for the population in low- and middle-income...
To study prevalence of chronic bronchitis (CB) in residential populations and its relationship with mortality in a 50-year follow-up.In the late 1950’s-early 1960’s, 7047 men aged 40-59 years were enrolled in 10...
The prevalence of nonunion after a proximal humeral fracture (PHF) and the risk factors for its occurrence are poorly defined. We aimed to estimate the rate of nonunion in nonoperatively treated patients and to produce a...
IL-17A and IL-25 (IL-17 cytokines family) play an important role in the development of asthma, and allergy. Both cytokines act by binding to heterodimeric receptors with IL17RA as a common subunit. This receptor is found on...
Asthma is known to be related to genetic and environmental factors, we aimed to identify the predictors discriminating between children with asthma and a control group in order to build typical profiles of these children.A...
Understanding airborne pollen allergens trends is of great importance for the high prevalence and the socio-economic impact that pollen-related respiratory diseases have on a global scale. Pursuing this aim, aeropalynology...
