OBJECTIVE the aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation program in children with asthma. PATIENTS AND METHOD twenty eight children with mild persistent or moderate asthma were included into a double blind, randomised study. Sixteen children (9 girls, 7 boys) with the mean age of 10.8 +/- 2.3 were assigned to receive pulmonary rehabilitation program with thei...

BACKGROUND Spirometry is a valuable technique for evaluating pulmonary function, but there were few normative reference values for young children in Taiwan, and none for the last 10 years. The objective of our study was to establish updated reference values and equations for children aged 6-11 years in northern Taiwan. METHODS A total of 309 healthy children (153 boys and 156 girls) were enro...

The risk of development and progression of chronic complications of diabetes is closely related to the degree of glycemic control as measured by glycosylated hemoglobin level. Glycosylation of tissue proteins occur when blood glucose level remain elevated for a prolonged duration. Due to this, there occur irreversible changes in the chemical structure of tissue proteins. Connective tissues in s...

BACKGROUND Brick manufacturing industry is one of the oldest and fast-growing industries in India that employs a large section of people. Brick kiln workers are occupationally exposed to air pollutants. Nonetheless, only a few studies have so far been conducted on their respiratory health. OBJECTIVE To investigate the extent of respiratory impairment in brick kiln workers and to correlate it ...

Forced expiratory flow (FEF) at low lung volumes are supposed to be better at detecting lung-function impairment in asthmatic children than a forced volume. The aim of this study was to examine whether FEF results could modify the interpretation of baseline and post-bronchodilator spirometry in asthmatic schoolchildren in whom forced expiratory volumes are within the normal range. Spirometry, w...

We evaluated the ability of forced expiratory flow volume curves from raised lung volumes to assess airway function among infants with differing severities of respiratory symptoms. Group 1 (n = 33) had previous respiratory symptoms but were currently asymptomatic; group 2 (n = 36) was symptomatic at the time of evaluation. As a control group, we used our previously published sample of 155 healt...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether serum total IgE levels and total eosinophil counts have any relationship with the response to routine pharmacological treatment in patients with acute asthma. METHODS A cross-sectional study involving 162 patients with acute asthma. Serum total IgE levels, peripheral blood cell counts and eosinophil counts were determined. The treatment was adjusted for each pat...

We hypothesized that patients with chronic renal failure may present nonspecific bronchial hyperreactivity due to subclinical interstitial lung oedema. To assess lung function disturbances and methacholine (MTH) bronchial responsiveness in this condition, we studied 12 patients (9 men and 3 women; 41.8 +/- 13.3 yrs (SD] with chronic renal failure undergoing regular haemodialysis (HD). Before HD...

Increase in industrialization as well as sophisticated life style is leading to increased indoor air pollution causing major health problems in our developing country, India. Chronic exposure to saw dust affects the worker’s lung functions and stimulates allergic responses. Present study is designed to investigate the effects of saw dust on the lung functions as it puts the workers’ health into...

To evaluate the sensitivity of high-resolution computerized tomography (HRCT) of the chest compared to spirometry measures in evaluating the effects of tobramycin solution for inhalation (TSI) in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.Thirty-two subjects 6 years old with mild to moderate CF lung disease were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study. Durationwas 28days; 31 s...