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Association between pediatric asthma care quality and morbidity and English l...
Objective: Limited English proficiency can be a barrier to asthma care and is associated with poor outcomes. This study examines whether pediatric patients in Ohio with limited... -
"Cultural and linguistic validation of the NHQ-2 Questionnaire: a specific in...
Background An increasing number of inhalation devices are presently available in the market. They are differently characterized in terms of their handling and usability, both... -
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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... -
Mental health, long-term medication adherence, and the control of asthma symp...
Objective: A positive association between mental health conditions and poor asthma control has been documented in the World Trade Center-exposed population. Whether factors such... -
"p-STAT6, PU.1, and NF-κB are involved in allergen-induced late-phase airway ...
Background Previous in vitro and animal studies demonstrated that transcription factors p-STAT6 and PU.1 are required to induce interleukin (IL)-9 secretion by T helper (Th) 9... -
Patients’ adherence-related beliefs about inhaled steroids: application of th...
Objective: The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire-specific among... -
A novel reflex cough testing device.
Background The reflex cough test is useful for detecting silent aspiration, a risk factor for aspiration pneumonia. However, assessing the risk of aspiration pneumonia requires... -
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Interleukin (IL)-17A may be an underlying factor in the pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Anti-IL-17 monoclonal antibodies have been used... -
Pneumonia in patients with cirrhosis: risk factors associated with mortality ...
Background Cirrhosis always goes with profound immunity compromise, and makes those patients easily be the target of pneumonia. Cirrhotic patients with pneumonia have a... -
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To evaluate the beliefs held by the public regarding sexual health, pregnancy, and breastfeeding during COVID-19 era. It was an online cross-sectional survey conducted through... -
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Objective: This study aims to develop and validate the Family Management Scale for Children with Asthma (FMSCA) in China context. Methods: Based on the Family Management Style... -
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... -
Mortality in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and c...
ABSTRACT Objectives The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to viral pneumonitis is one of the main causes of high mortality in patients with COVID-19 (novel... -
"Adrenal suppression in children treated with swallowed fluticasone and oral ...
Background Adrenal suppression (AS), a glucocorticoid (GC) side effect associated with significant morbidity, is well described related to inhaled corticosteroid therapy for... -
Is the purinergic pathway involved in the pathology of COPD? Decreased lung C...
Background Extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is up-regulated in the airways of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), resulting in increased... -
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... -
"Dose-finding evaluation of once-daily treatment with olodaterol, a novel lon...
Background Olodaterol is a novel, inhaled long-acting β2-agonist (LABA) with >24-hour duration of action investigated in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.... -
Burden of asthma and COPD overlap (ACO) in Taiwan: a nationwide population-ba...
Background Patients with symptoms of both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be classified with the term asthma-COPD overlap (ACO). ACO is of... -
Prevalence and etiologies of pulmonary hypertension in Africa: a systematic r...
Background Despite the recent increasing worldwide attention towards pulmonary hypertension (PH), its epidemiology remains poorly described in Africa. Accordingly, we performed... -
External Validation and Recalculation of the CODEX Index in COPD Patients. A ...
The CODEX index was developed and validated in patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation to predict the risk of death and readmission within one year after discharge. Our...
