Introduction:- There are no studies in the literature on combination of kinesitherapy and ultrasound children with bronchial asthma. Objective:- To compare effect asthma compared to a control group without rehabilitation. Material methods:- 24 (age 9.63 ± 3.56 years) were followed for 10 days (5 as inpatients 5 outpatients). They randomized into two identical groups - physiotherapeutic control...

in this study, we evaluated the relationship between rhinosinusitis to the severity of asthma in asthmatic patients. this cross-sectional study was conducted on 90 patients with asthma referring to imam khomeini hospital in ardabil city. asthma control stepping method was used for staging of asthma severity. patients' clinical signs and paraclinical findings were individually evaluated and comp...

asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. the stress is a factor for asthma which indicates a disorder in the function of communicational mediators of nervous and  immunological systems  such  as  neurotransmitters.  a  study  indicated  that  blood serotonin concentration increases in asthmatic patients. other study indicates that one kind of the serotonin  receptors, named 5ht...

abstract the prevalence of asthma is inconsistent in different countries and even in regions of a country. awareness of this prevalence has favorable impacts on health care system planning. the aim of this literature review and meta-analysis was to estimate the prevalence of pediatric asthma in the islamic republic of iran during two recent decades. a search was done in national (sid, magiran, ...

objective(s):bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (bmscs) have attracted significant interest to treat asthma and its complication. in this study, the effects of bmscs on lung pathology and inflammation in an ovalbumin-induced asthma model in mouse were examined. materials and methods:balb/c mice were divided into three groups: control group (animals were not sensitized), asthma group (an...

objective: childhood infectious diseases are one of the most known environmental pathogenic causes of childhood asthma. the high prevalence of both helicobacter pylori infection and asthma in our country prompted us to assess anyprobable as- sociation between them in childhood. methods: this cross-sectional study recruited 196 children aged 6 to 12 years old comprising 98 asthmatic (case group)...

INTRODUCTION Controlling over allergens and environmental irritants is one of the essential elements of controlling asthma. Asthma control in adolescents is a challenge. The current study was performed with the goal of investigating the effect of an educational and modifying intervention about asthma triggers on asthma control among adolescents. METHODS The current study was a randomized clin...

BACKGROUND No systemic evaluation of asthma control in Jilin Province has been reported. Asthma control might provide the basis for asthma management in this region. A multicenter hospital-based cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the asthma control and related factors for severe asthma exacerbations in patients with moderate or severe asthma in Jilin Province, China. METHODS T...

BACKGROUND Current asthma guidelines suggest a series of criteria to assess if asthma is controlled. However, there is a need to develop a simple and practical method to quantify the degree of such control, both in clinical practice and research. STUDY OBJECTIVES This report describes a new method to quantify asthma control based on a percentage score. It also aims at comparing the percentage...