Asthma: epidemiology, etiology and risk factors

Asthma: epidemiology, etiology and risk factors.

Epidemiology of asthma: risk factors for development.

This comprehensive review of the recent literature was undertaken to determine the current state of knowledge of the risk factors involved in the development of asthma in order to focus investigations in a proposed new longitudinal birth cohort study. The origins of asthma appear to lie in the prenatal and early postnatal period, and renewed investigations in this period with long-term close fo...

Etiology, Epidemiology, and Prognosis Factors

A prospective study of 132 patients with severe cornmunity-acquired pneumonia (CAP) treated in the ICU was carried out to determine the causative agents, the value of the clinical, biological, and radiologic features in predicting the etiology, and to define prognostic factors. The study group included 98 men and 34 women (mean age: 58 ± 18 years). The most frequent underlying condition was COP...

Etiology and Risk Factors

393 H epatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or hepatoma, is the fifth most common of all malignancies worldwide and results in approximately one million deaths annually (Yu & Keeffe, 2003). Although the incidence of HCC is highest in parts of Africa and Asia, recent studies have documented a clear rise in the number of cases in Western Europe, Japan, and the United States (Di Bisceglie, 2002; Nakakura...

Etiology, Risk Factors and Burden

Chronic food defi cits affect about 792 million people in the world (1). Malnutrition directly or indirectly affects a variety of organ systems including the central nervous system (CNS). A number of nutritional conditions are included in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, such as protein–energy malnutrition, iodine defi ciency, vitamin A defi ciency, and iron defi ciency anaemia. Over 1...