ALLMedicine™ Asthma Center

Apr 17th, 2021 - Introduction: The EQ-5D is the most popular generic preference-based instrument used for asthma patients. This study aims to explore the psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-5L instrument in patients with asthma and identify the EQ-5D-5L scores in...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Previous studies have reported a correlation between coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and asthma. However, data on whether asthma constitutes a risk factor for COVID-19 and the prevalence of asthma in COVID-19 cases still remains scant. Here, w...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Overuse of short-acting beta-2 agonists (SABA), which do not treat the underlying inflammation of asthma, is linked to poor clinical outcomes such as increased exacerbation risk. This study, as part of the SABINA program, estimated the prevalence ...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Patients with concomitant features of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a heavy disease burden. Using data collected prospectively in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey, we compared the risk factors, clinic...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Diagnosing asthma in children represents an important clinical challenge. There is no single gold standard test to confirm the diagnosis. Consequently, both over-, and under-diagnosis of asthma are frequent in children.A Task Force (TF) supported ...

Dec 3rd, 2020 - Asthma is a major public health problem worldwide and is associated with excess morbidity, mortality, and economic costs associated with lost productivity. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program has released the 2020 Asthma Guideline...

Aug 3rd, 2020 - In 2017, the Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy were published with recommendations on early introduction of peanut-containing foods based on infants' clinical history. We sought to conduct a nationwide US survey to assess Gu...

Jul 8th, 2020 - Hypovitaminosis D has been linked to several non-bone diseases. Relation between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and lung function and lung diseases has received little attention at the global level. Cross-sectional data from three National Health a...

Mar 14th, 2020 - Approximately 1% to 4% of all visits to primary care offices are for dyspnea.1 The proper use of pulmonary function tests can help differentiate many of the causes of dyspnea, monitor the progression of chronic pulmonary disease, and assess respon...

Jan 23rd, 2020 - Asthma and non-asthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis (NAEB) are among the commonest causes of chronic cough in adults. We sought to determine the role of non-invasive measurements of airway inflammation, including induced sputum and fractional exhaled...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Introduction: The EQ-5D is the most popular generic preference-based instrument used for asthma patients. This study aims to explore the psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-5L instrument in patients with asthma and identify the EQ-5D-5L scores in...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Previous studies have reported a correlation between coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and asthma. However, data on whether asthma constitutes a risk factor for COVID-19 and the prevalence of asthma in COVID-19 cases still remains scant. Here, w...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Overuse of short-acting beta-2 agonists (SABA), which do not treat the underlying inflammation of asthma, is linked to poor clinical outcomes such as increased exacerbation risk. This study, as part of the SABINA program, estimated the prevalence ...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Patients with concomitant features of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a heavy disease burden. Using data collected prospectively in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey, we compared the risk factors, clinic...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Diagnosing asthma in children represents an important clinical challenge. There is no single gold standard test to confirm the diagnosis. Consequently, both over-, and under-diagnosis of asthma are frequent in children.A Task Force (TF) supported ...

Apr 14th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Maternal intrapartum group B Streptococcus antibiotic prophylaxis isn't associated with an increased risk for diagnosis of allergic disorders such as asthma, eczema, food allergies, and allergic rhinitis in young children, a new...

Apr 13th, 2021 - (Reuters) - Diagnosed with asthma at 8 years old, Karlaine Francisco grew up thinking everyone had it. Her friends in south Stockton, California, also carried inhalers and suffered coughing and wheezing fits. "I would tell people, 'Oh yeah, I have...

Apr 6th, 2021 - Research led by a team at the University of Oxford has identified that some, but not all, chronic respiratory diseases are associated with a substantially increased risk of severe COVID-19. In the population cohort study, records from 1205 general...

Apr 5th, 2021 - NEW YORK (AP) — Sonia Sein said she spent the last six years "trying to catch every breath at every moment" after extensive treatment for her severe asthma damaged her windpipe. She is breathing freely again after getting an unusual transplant. In...

Apr 1st, 2021 - (Reuters) - Most U.S. adults with chronic medical conditions know they face higher odds of severe COVID-19 but that does not mean they avoid high-risk behaviors, survey data suggest. In late 2020, researchers asked nearly 6,000 participants in the...