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Objective: To describe health care resource utilization (HCRU) and associated costs in adult patients referred for specialist asthma care in Southwest Finland, by disease... -
Asthma phenotypes and associated comorbidities in a large cohort of adolescen...
Objectives: Asthma is a multifactorial, heterogeneous, complex and common chronic respiratory disease driven by diverse mechanisms. Although asthma presents various clinical... -
Risk factors for poor asthma control and impaired quality of life in a Caribb...
Asthma, a major cause of disability and reduced quality of life, has a high global prevalence and burden of death. Despite the propitious guidelines, a substantial portion of... -
Development of a graphical tool to measure medication adherence in asthma pat...
Objectives: (1) To develop Med-Resp, a graphical tool based on prescription refills to measure adherence and use of asthma medications; (2) To test the feasibility of... -
The expression of thioredoxin-1 and inflammatory cytokines in patients with s...
Background: Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Inflammatory response and oxidative stress play an important role... -
Barriers to daily life physical activities for Brazilian children with asthma...
Objective: To identify barriers to daily life physical activities (DLPA) and to evaluate physical activity levels for children with asthma and without asthma. Method: This is a... -
Psychosocial risk factors and asthma among adults in Puerto Rico
OBJECTIVE: Asthma and psychosocial stressors are common among Puerto Rican adults living in the United States. We estimated the prevalence of current asthma, and examined... -
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Age-of-asthma onset is often used to distinguish different adult asthma phenotypes; however, similarities and differences between early- and late-onset adult asthma have not... -
Systemic effects of surgical intervention on disease activity, daily function...
Objectives: Although tight control of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been achieved through the development of effective medication, surgical intervention is still required for a... -
Risk factors for premenstrual asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction: Asthma in women can deteriorate in specific phases during the menstrual cycle. Deterioration in the premenstrual phase (increase in symptoms or deterioration in... -
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Objective: This study explored the associations of asthma and long-term asthma control medication with tooth wear among American adolescents and young adults. Methods: Data from... -
Analysis of medication patterns for pediatric asthma patients in emergency de...
Objectives: Timely glucocorticoid administration is associated with decreased admission rate and is thus a common quality metric for ED asthma care; less is known about the... -
The comparison between pulmonary rehabilitation with music therapy and pulmon...
Much emphasis is being placed on the role of music therapy as an easy-to-use, noninvasive and relatively cheap method of asthma treatment. The objective of this interventional... -
Effects of psychosocial factors on monitoring treatment effect in newly diagn...
Objectives: To investigate whether, apart from effects of patient- and disease-related factors, psychosocial factors have additional effects on disease activity; and which... -
Associations of atopy and asthma during aging of an adult population over a 2...
Objective: Atopy is associated with asthma, but cross-sectional studies suggest this association may be weaker in older adults. It remains unclear if atopy predicts asthma later... -
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Introduction: Assessments on whether prenatal antibiotic exposure and mode of delivery increase the risk of wheezing in infants and toddlers are inconsistent. Our goal is to... -
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Objective: Systemic glucocorticoids (SGCs) are a treatment option for severe asthma but are associated with the development of adverse events (AEs). Evidence on the extent of... -
The impact of a question prompt list and video intervention on teen asthma co...
Objective: This study examined whether youth who received an asthma question prompt list/video intervention were more likely to have their asthma controlled and better... -
Screening for Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Active Uveitis
Purpose: To screen for psychological disorders in patients with active uveitis. Methods: Patients were screened for depression (BDI-II), state anxiety (STAI-I), VR-QOL... -
Perception of oral corticosteroids in adult patients with asthma in France
Objective: Oral corticosteroids (OCS) are frequently used as relievers for acute asthma and controllers for severe asthma. However, the relief offered by OCS is counterbalanced...
