BACKGROUND Bronchial asthma is one of the most prevalent diseases in Arab children. Environmental pollution has been suggested to be considered causative of asthma, nasal symptoms and bronchitis in both children and adult. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the association between serum polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) levels, asthma and allergic outcomes among Saudi children ...

Introduction: Childhood asthma is a serious health problem that results in impairment of physical and social life the affected children. Objective: The current study identifies effect on asthmatic children quality also to assess differences between childs parents report about health, emotional activity. Method: A cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative was carried out where Sixty-four partic...

OBJECTIVE We conducted a national, population-based survey to examine the asthma-related health burden of US children. METHODS A telephone-based survey was conducted in 2004 of children 4 to 18 years of age with current asthma in the United States. In 41,433 households screened, 1089 children reported current asthma; 801 interviews were completed by parents of children aged 4 to 15 years and ...

This study has explored the valence of sibship that may empower the self-esteem of children with asthma at the interpersonal, environmental control competence, emotionality management, and body-image levels. It has been assumed that the relationship between siblings may have a moderating effect on the negative impact that asthma has on child's development. Seventy children suffering from chroni...

Severe asthma in children is a complicated and heterogeneous disorder that is extremely challenging to treat. Although most children with asthma derive clinical benefit from daily administration of low-to-medium-dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy, a small subset of children with "severe" or "refractory" asthma require high doses of ICS and even systemic corticosteroids to maintain sympto...

PURPOSE Allergic rhinitis (AR) is common among children with asthma and exacerbates asthma symptoms. To assess the incremental utilization and cost of asthma-related health services due to concomitant AR among asthmatic children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Asthma-related claims were extracted from the Korean National Health Insurance (NHI) claims database, which covers 97% of the population. Per-c...

BACKGROUND Lower rates of preventive medication use and higher rates of hospitalization and emergency department use have been documented among Latino children and adolescents with asthma. However, little is known about how language barriers influence asthma management practices and outcomes. OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of language on asthma management practices and asthma-related outcom...

Insufficient use of anti-inflammatory drugs, such as inhaled corticosteroids and cromoglycate, may contribute to the disease burden associated with asthma. Conversely, aggressive treatment of mild disease may result in avoidable costs and/or adverse drug effects. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between asthma severity and inhaled corticosteroid/cromoglycate use in a larg...

BACKGROUND Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood, characterized by chronic airway inflammation. There are problems with the diagnosis of asthma in young children since the majority of the children with recurrent asthma-like symptoms is symptom free at 6 years, and does not have asthma. With the conventional diagnostic tools it is not possible to differentiate between preschool ...

obesity has been reported to be associated with an increase in asthma in children. if there is any association, it could be attributed to an effect of obesity on lung volume and thus airway’s obstruction. data from 2413 children aged 7–12 years in isfahan were analyzed. the subjects were included in this study if data were available for: height, weight, age, lung volume, and any measure of asth...