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Patient identification, coordinator implementation improve childhood asthma …
Healio An analysis of four research sites coordinating care for children with asthma showed that the unique solutions for identifying participants in the program, as well as how the sites implemented asthma care coordinators into the clinical pathway … |
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Higher reported cat dander sensitization rate may explain asthma prevalence in …
Healio Reports of sensitization to cat dander were found to be higher among patients with IBS, which may explain the high prevalence of asthma in this population, according to data presented at the AGA's 2015 James W. Freston Conference in Chicago. |
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Diary helps monitor asthma severity in young children
Healio Francine M. Ducharme, MD, a professor in the departments of pediatrics and social and preventive medicine at University of Montréal, and colleagues attempted to develop and validate a functional status instrument that assessed asthma exacerbation … |
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Olodaterol improves FEV1 in patients with asthma
Healio Olodaterol also appeared to improve asthma-related symptoms as measured by a reduction in asthma control questionnaire scores. Paul M. O'Byrne, MB, FRCPI, chair of the department of medicine at McMaster University Medical Center in Canada, and … |
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Patients with asthma who overuse albuterol more likely to have depression
Healio “We know that appropriate use has been previously identified with accurate knowledge of asthma medications, higher self-reported health status, prior consultation with a specialist and thoughtful budgeting of medications,” Gerald said in the release. |
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Roflumilast reduces allergen-induced airway inflammation in patients with asthma
Healio “The studies presented here show that roflumilast has no acute bronchodilator actions in patients with mild to moderate asthma,” Philip Bardin, PhD, the director of the lung and sleep unit at Monash Health in Australia, and colleagues wrote. “This … |
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Active video game reduces lung inflammation in children with asthma
Healio Gomes and colleagues conducted a single blind, randomized controlled clinical trial over an 8 week period to determine if exercise that used an active video game system improved asthma control, airway inflammation and exercise capacity in children with … |
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Asthma, obesity impact physical activity in adolescents
Healio The analysis included 545 adolescents, 11% of whom had lifetime asthma. All adolescents with asthma participated in less physical activity and girls participated less often than boys. Sex correlated with sedentary behavior as well (P < .001). Boys with … |
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Diagnostic criteria identifies patients with asthma-COPD overlap syndrome
Healio Cosío and colleagues assessed patients with COPD who participated in the COPD History Assessment in Spain multicenter study to determine if the use of usual clinical features for the diagnosis of asthma and COPD could identify asthma-COPD overlap … |
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Prenatal C-reactive protein levels indicative of early-onset asthma
Healio “Asthma is a complex clinical disease that is difficult to critically assess before 6 years of age,” the researchers wrote. “Because the present study included diagnoses before 3 years of age, the nature of the disease progression might still be … |
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