chronic  obstructive  pulmonary  disease (copd)  and  asthma  are  major  public  health problems, which seems to have close association with psychiatric disorders. the present study was conducted to compare the psychological status between asthmatic and copd patients and clarify the relationship with severity of pulmonary obstruction. this cross-sectional study was planned to compare the psych...

obesity as a common health risk is increasing all over the world. the aim of this study was evaluation of standing and sitting positions on spirometric values in obese asthmatic patients, in comparison with normal obese subjects. the study included 49 obese asthmatic patients with mean age of 42.63 years and body mass index of 36.06 kg/m 2 , and 51 control obese normal subjects with mean age of...

background: asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease with multifactorial and complicated mechanisms. elevated level of exhaled nitric oxide (no) in asthma and other inflammatory lung diseases has led to many studies examining no as a potential marker of airway inflammation. objective: this study was designed to determine the level of no in bronchoalveolar lavage (bal) fluid during early and lat...

are more effective asthma-controller medications compared with montelukast in children older than 6 years. Although this study failed to show statistical significance in the primary outcome, it provides data supporting certain treatment benefits of ICSs in children younger than 6 years (257 of 395 children were 5 years old). Compared with previous studies, these children had milder asthma, with...

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in pediatrics, with an estimated prevalence of 10–15%. Despite advances in the understanding of the disease and its treatment, in recent years an increase has been noted in its prevalence, severity, morbidity (hospitalizations), and even mortality. Asthma is defined today as a pulmonary disorder characterized by reversible bronchoconstriction, i...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship of body mass index (BMI) and asthma indicators on children with asthma in a Head Start (HS) program. METHODS In this cross-sectional study (November 18, 2000, to December 12, 2003) of children aged 3 to 5 years with asthma, we compared the BMI data of HS asthmatic patients (n = 213) with the data of peer control subjects from a sample (n = 816) of the Nat...