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Pediatric Asthma Admissions Varied Greatly By Neighborhood
Family Practice News Digital Network So suggests the wide variability within a single Ohio county in hospitalization rates for children with acute asthma, Dr. Andrew F. Beck, a fellow in general and community pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, said at the annual … |
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GERD Associated With Worse Infant Respiratory Disease
Family Practice News Digital Network Bronchiolitis is a prominent risk factor for childhood asthma, and GERD is associated with worsened asthma severity (J. Asthma 2011;48:366-73). As yet unknown is whether preexisting GERD (clinically significant reflux) in infants modulates the severity … |
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Budesonide/Formoterol for Asthma Shows Cardiovascular Safety
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Budesonide/formoterol pressurized metered-dose inhaler demonstrated similar cardiovascular safety to that of budesonide treatment alone in a study of 742 black adolescents and adults with moderate to severe asthma. There has been concern that … |
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Alternaria Sensitization Common in Children With Severe Asthma
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Children with severe asthma may have their already serious symptoms further worsened by sensitization to common household fungi in the genus Alternaria, suggested investigators at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, … |
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Nonrespiratory Symptoms Precede Loss of Asthma Control
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Parents were able to identify patterns of nonrespiratory symptoms in their children that preceded loss of asthma control, a small study showed. The findings, if replicated, suggest that parents could recognize these early patterns and … |
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Traffic Proximity Linked to Adult Asthma
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – High levels of traffic-exhaust exposure at home were linked with an increased risk for asthma or worsening asthma in adults, according to results from two separate, US studies reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, … Allergy week: Don't forget your meds! Free asthma screenings |
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Food Allergy Exacerbates Pediatric Asthma Severity
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – School children with asthma who also have a food allergy have a significantly increased need for controller drugs and hospitalization, compared with similar asthmatic children without a food allergy, based on data collected from 302 US … 'Skyrocketing' pollen makes San Antonio 9th worst city for allergy sufferers Charlotte area sees record-high pollen counts Salt therapy for allergy sufferers |
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Multispecialty Team a Lifeline in Severe Asthma
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – A chart notation of "lost to follow-up" can mean loss of life for children with severe asthma, suggest the results of a retrospective study reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. |
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Asthma Guidelines Are Not Always Followed
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – The 2007 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines are viewed as cumbersome and too time-consuming by some primary care pediatricians. That finding, from a 23-question survey sent to 80 pediatricians, suggests that "there is … |
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Farm Living Linked to Low Asthma Prevalence
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Amish farms appear to be havens of peace and contentment, free from the insults of modern life – including, it appears, inhalant allergies and asthma, researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, … Amish children exhibited lower incidence of asthma, allergic sensitization |
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