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OCRegister |
Asthma visits to ER are on the rise for OC children
OCRegister Scarlett Negrete, 3, learns how to use her inhaler during her appointment at the Childrens Hospital of Orange County Breathmobile last month. Negrete has missed 10 days of school this year due to her asthma. HEIDI DE MARCO, KAISER HEALTH NEWS. Asthma Sending More Kids to California ERs |
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U.S. News & World Report |
ER Visits for Asthma Rising Among Kids in California
U.S. News & World Report Statewide, the rates of ER visits for asthma symptoms rose by about 18 percent for California children ages 5 to 17 and by 6 percent for children under 5 between 2005 and 2012, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of the latest available rates by … Asthma Sending More Kids to California ERs Asthma visits to ER are on the rise for OC children |
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NJ.com |
Assemblywoman Muoio visits Trenton health center for asthma awareness
NJ.com To wrap up National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, Assemblywoman Elizabeth Maher Muoio and Trenton's Health Officer James Brownlee toured the Henry J. Austin Health Center on Ewing Street, which runs an asthma management program for … |
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KQED |
Despite Efforts, ER Visits Spike in California Kids with Asthma
KQED Statewide, the rates of ER visits for asthma symptoms rose by about 18 percent for California children ages 5 to 17 and by 6 percent for children under 5 between 2005 and 2012, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of the latest available rates by … |
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Twitter helps predict ED visits for asthma
MedCity News By collecting and mapping the location of tweets with keywords such as “asthma,” “inhaler” and “wheezing,” mining the EHR at Parkland Memorial Hospital, then comparing to air-quality reports in the Dallas area, researchers were able to predict … |
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How Twitter Can Help Predict Emergency-Room Visits
UANews (press release) Researchers tracked asthma-related tweets around the world, shown in the visualization above, then zoomed in on a particular region to see how the social media posts, when analyzed alongside other data, could help them predict asthma-related emergency … Public Release: 15-Apr-2015 How Twitter can help predict emergency room visits Twitter May Help Predict Emergency Room Visits Study Suggests Twitter Posts Could Help Predict ER Traffic |
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Bariatric surgery cuts asthma-related hospital visits
Clinical Advisor HealthDay News — In obese patients, bariatric surgery cuts the risk of an emergency department visit or hospitalization for asthma, results of a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology suggest. “Research on nonsurgical weight … Bariatric Surgery May Help Reduce Asthma Exacerbations |
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Risk of ED, visits hospitalizations for asthma decrease after bariatric surgery
Healio Kohei Hasegawa, MD, MPH, of the department of emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues, conducted a self-controlled case series study of 2,261 obese patients with asthma aged 18 to 54 years who underwent bariatric … |
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Home visits may improve asthma control in adults
Clinical Advisor For low-income adults with uncontrolled asthma, visits from community health workers (CHWs) improved disease control results of a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine indicate. To determine if CHW home visits for adults with uncontrolled asthma … |
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KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest |
Home Visits As Helpful As Medicine For King County Asthma Patients
KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest The study looked at 366 people with uncontrolled asthma, whose symptoms were taking a toll on their productivity and quality of life. Researchers gave them the usual treatment plan, while about half also got home visits every few months from a … Home Visits Can Improve Asthma Control for Low-Income Adults |
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