Assessing Real-World Medication Data Completeness.
Analysis of healthcare Real-World Data (RWD) provides an opportunity to observe actual patient diagnostic, treatment and outcomes events. However, researchers should understand the possible ...
Asthma
Authoritative medical articles, news, research, and guidelines pertaining to Asthma.
A narrative review of clinical studies of herbal treatment of difficult to manage asthma.
Asthma can be complex and difficult to manage. Patients often seek alternative treatment options, including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The paradigms that inform TCM treatments inclu...
Flow Structure and Particle Deposition Analyses for Optimization of a Pressurized Metered Dose Inhaler (pMDI) in a Model of Tracheobronchial Airway.
Inhalation therapy plays an important role in management or treatment of respiratory diseases such asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPDs). For decades, pressurized metered...
Heart rate variability biofeedback in chronic disease management: a systematic review.
Heart rate variability biofeedback (HRVB) is a non-pharmacological intervention used in the management of chronic diseases.A systematic search was performed according to eligibility criteria...
The Boundaries Between Survival and Non-Survival at COVID-19: Experience of Tertiary Care Pandemic Hospital.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging, fast-spreading, highly mortal and worldwide infectious disease. The pulmonary system was defined as the main target of severe acute respir...
Role of Taraxerone Isolated from Leucas lavandulifolia, as an Immunomodulator.
The Indian tradition system of medicine enlists a large number of plants for basic health care. Leucas lavandulifolia is mentioned in the ayurvedic medicinal system and also used among the f...
Asthma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): emerging links, potential models and mechanisms.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly prevalent, debilitating mental health condition. A better understanding of contributory neurobiological mechanisms will lead to effective tre...
Early childhood exposure to ambient air pollution is associated with increased risk of paediatric asthma: An administrative cohort study from Stockholm, Sweden.
Asthma is a complex, heterogeneous disease and one of the most common chronic diseases among children. Exposure to ambient air pollution in early life and childhood may influence asthma aeti...
Developing a short-term prediction model for asthma exacerbations from Swedish primary care patients' data using machine learning - Based on the ARCTIC study.
The ability to predict impending asthma exacerbations may allow better utilization of healthcare resources, prevention of hospitalization and improve patient outcomes. We aimed to develop mo...
Metabolism of Epithelial Cells in Health and Allergic Disease: Collegium Internationale Allergologicum Update 2021.
Concomitant dramatic increase in prevalence of allergic and metabolic diseases is part of a modern epidemic afflicting technologically advanced societies. While clinical evidence points to c...
A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of swimming on lung function and asthma control in children with asthma.
Swimming has been considered the most appropriate activity for children with asthma for its lower asthmogenicity compared to land-based activities. However, the benefits of swimming have bee...
Real-Time Measurements of Gas-Phase Trichloramine (NCl) in an Indoor Aquatic Center.
NCl is formed as a disinfection byproduct in chlorinated swimming pools and can partition between the liquid and gas phases. Exposure to gas-phase NCl has been linked to asthma and can irrit...
Effect of electro-acupuncture at ST 36 on maternal food restriction-induced lung phenotype in rat offspring.
Maternal food restriction (MFR) during pregnancy leads to pulmonary dysplasia in the newborn period and increases susceptibility to diseases, such as asthma and chronic lung disease, later i...
Using Large Aggregated De-Identified Electronic Health Record Data to Determine the Prevalence of Common Chronic Diseases in Pediatric Patients Who Visited Primary Care Clinics.
We used de-identified clinical data from multiple healthcare systems using different electronic health records (EHRs) to 1) quantify the prevalence of common pediatric chronic diseases, 2) i...
Noninvasive Measurement of Pulmonary Function in Experimental Mouse Models of Airway Disease.
Mouse models have become an indispensable tool in translational research of human airway disease and have provided much of our understanding of the pathogenesis of airway disease such as ast...
VEGF receptor 2 (KDR) protects airways from mucus metaplasia through a Sox9-dependent pathway.
Mucus-secreting goblet cells are the dominant cell type in pulmonary diseases, e.g., asthma and cystic fibrosis (CF), leading to pathologic mucus metaplasia and airway obstruction. Cytokines...
Differences in oral food challenge reaction severity based on increasing age in a pediatric population.
Food allergy (FA) reactions range from mild to severe with differences in age appearing to be an important factor associated with reaction severity.To define differences in oral food challen...
Clinical-Epidemiological Characteristics of the First Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 in Cuba.
COVID-19 is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the same day that the first cases in Cuba were diagnosed. In Cuba, all confirmed cases o...
Implications of Low-grade Inflammation in SARS-CoV-2 Immunopathology.
Advanced age and chronic disease comorbidities are indicators of poor prognosis in COVID-19 clinical progression. Fatal outcomes in patients with these characteristics are due to a dysfuncti...
Asthma Remission Disparities among U.S. Youth by Sexual Identity and Race/Ethnicity, 2009-2017.
Sexual minority and racial/ethnic minority youth experience a higher burden of asthma. The frameworks of minority stress theory and intersectionality suggest sexual minority and racial/ethni...
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