The goal of this cross-sectional study was to determine if the caregiver's quality of life was associated with the child receiving appropriate preventive asthma care (2 or more preventive asthma care visits per year) in a sample of inner-city children with moderate to severe persistent asthma. Our findings confirm that children with moderate to severe persistent asthma are not receiving adequat...

Prevalence of asthma in children increase especially the industrial city. Cement factory Padang city is located near from community, cause air pollution, to children. We aim know prevalence and risk factor allergic disease this area. A cross sectional study age 0-15 years old has been done on May-June 2015, around factory, with distance 10 km (un-exposed area). used International Study Asthma A...

BACKGROUND Leukotrienes and isoprostanes are biomarkers of airway inflammation and oxidative stress that can be detected in exhaled breath condensate (EBC). The aim of this study was to evaluate leukotriene B4 (LTB4) and 8-isoprostane levels in EBC of healthy and asthmatic children with episodic and moderate persistent asthma. METHODS EBC was collected from 62 children aged 6 to 14 years: 22 ...

until now, there have been various studies concerning bottle-fed and breast-fed children. prevalence of allergic manifestations like eczema and asthma among bottle-fed children is much higher than healthy controls. in this study, we found that respiratory infection for breast-fed children was 3.1%, whereas in bottle-fed children it was 25.1%for gut disorders, 9.2% in breast-fed vs.13.1 % for bo...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate serum levels of leptin, ghrelin, and adiponectin in obese and non-obese children with asthma and in healthy non-asthmatic children, and analyze their relationships with clinical outcomes. METHODS This study enrolled 40 obese and 51 non-obese children with asthma and 20 healthy children. Body mass index and serum leptin, ghrelin, and adiponectin le...

Hyperventilation and other clinical manifestations of dysfunctional breathing have been reported in childhood, but the prevalence is unknown. In adults, dysfunctional breathing may be a relevant comorbidity in asthma. We aimed to determine the prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in children with asthma and its impact on asthma control. We performed a cross-sectional survey in 203 asthmatic ch...

OBJECTIVES Qualitative methods were used to examine: (1) the attitudes of health professionals to promoting physical activity for children with asthma; (2) reasons why children with asthma are less active and (3) how a physical activity programme for children with asthma could be designed. DESIGN Semistructured interviews were conducted with health professionals, children with asthma and thei...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies have suggested a relationship between childhood asthma and behavior problems. However, few studies have used community-based samples to assess the prevalence of behavior problems among urban children with asthma symptoms. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between asthma symptoms and behavior among a population-based sample of inner-city chil...

OBJECTIVE The barriers to provider visits for asthma in insured children are not well understood. Our objective was to examine the relationship between parent, family, and child attributes and asthma visits in insured children. METHODS This retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of 2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Household Component data included insured children 0-17 years old reporte...

BACKGROUND Asthma and obesity are highly prevalent in children, and are interrelated resulting in a difficult-to-treat asthma-obesity phenotype. The exact underlying mechanisms of this phenotype remain unclear, but decreased physical activity (PA) could be an important lifestyle factor. We hypothesize that both asthma and overweight/obesity decrease PA levels and interact on PA levels in asthma...