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Asthmatic Kids With Gene Variant May Not Benefit From Inhaler Drugs; British …
Medical Daily Such controller and emergency inhalers are often the primary treatment for asthma in children and adults around the world, with 9.3 percent of American children suffering the respiratory disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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A Mother's Missive: Asthmatic Children, Bad Air Days and Carbon Pollution
Clean Energy News (blog) May is synonymous with Mother's Day, but it's also Asthma Awareness Month. So in honor of the 25.5 million Americans with asthma, I decided to share my personal 'coping with asthma' story. You see, my daughter is one of 7 million children in the United … |
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Condition: Asthma
Intervention: Biological: Mepolizumab
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline
Not yet recruiting – verified May 2014
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Do Asthmatic Children Grow Into Adults With COPD?
Medscape From a survey of 30,000 children aged 7 years, a group of 479 children with asthma (as defined by a questionnaire) and a control group similar to the asthmatic children were enrolled. The groups were followed with clinical evaluations, questionnaires … |
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Asthmatic Invents System for Predicting, Preventing Attacks
ARL now Fischer was helping his friend — and future co-founder — Barbara inspect her home for environmental triggers of asthma attacks. He was in the middle of a master's program at Virginia Commonwealth University in brand strategy, but realized he could … |
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Hits & Myths: Is it OK to allow asthmatic children to play sport?
South China Morning Post Is it okay for kids with asthma to play sports? The straight answer: Yes. The facts: It's perfectly fine for asthmatic children to take up sports. In fact, many elite and Olympic athletes are asthmatic, like British marathon runner Paula Radcliffe and … |
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Effect of Different Positions on FVC and FEV1 Measurements of Asthmatic Patients.
J Phys Ther Sci. 2014 Apr;26(4):591-3
Authors: Melam GR, Buragadda S, Alhusaini A, Alghamdi MA, Alghamdi MS, Kaushal P
Abstract
[Purpose] The purpose of our study was to investigate the effect of different positions on pulmonary function test (PFT) values such as forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of asthmatic patients .[Subjects and Methods] Thirty subjects with severe asthma aged between 20-39 years were enrolled after they had signed a written consent. Subjects were selected using the inclusion criteria, and PFT were randomly administered. Spirometer measurements (FVC, FEV1) were taken in the supine, side lying on right, side lying on left, sitting and standing positions. Each measurement was taken three times, and the average values were analyzed. [Results] One- way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s Test (post hoc) for pair- wise comparison indicated that there was a significant difference in the FEV1 values of the asthmatic patients however a significant difference was obtained between standing and supine positions. There was also a significant difference in the FVC values between the standing and supine lying position in the pair -wise comparison. [Conclusion] This study showed standing is the best position for measuring FEV1 and FVC of asthmatic subjects. The more upright the position, the higher the FEV1 and FVC will be.
PMID: 24764640 [PubMed]
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Passive Smoking Dangerous for Asthmatic Kids
The New Indian Express Passive smoking is known to worsen asthma symptoms in children and impair their response to inhaled steroid treatment, but how this effect occurs was not known till date. Researchers at Imperial College London found that children with severe asthma … Passive smoking impairs children's responses to asthma treatment Passive Smoking Lowers Treatment Effectiveness in Children with Asthma Kids exposed to passive smoke respond less to asthma treatment |
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Reducing risks for asthmatic mums-to-be
Medical Xpress Pregnant women suffering from asthma could better manage the condition if additional integrated care involving education and monitoring was introduced in Australian hospitals, a new study has found. In research published today in a leading respiratory … |
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Saliva reveals asthmatic kids' smoke exposure
Fox News Asthmatic children who are exposed to cigarette smoke are more likely to make repeat trips to the hospital for breathing problems. But researchers say asking parents about kids' smoke exposure may not yield the most reliable information. In a recent … New study links secondhand smoke to asthma Secondhand smoke may land asthmatic children in hospital Secondhand smoke raises odds of hospital readmission for kids with asthma |
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