OBJECTIVES To evaluate the correlation between mycoplasma pneumonia infection and the severity of asthma as well as asthma control, to help physicians in respiratory department better make treatment strategies. METHODS Since January 2012 to May 2014, we consecutively recruited 149 out-patients diagnosed with asthma in acute or convalescent phase from the department of respiratory medicine of ...

OBJECTIVES To compare leukotriene antagonists (LTA) to other groups of drugs used in asthma and allergic rhinitis treatment. SOURCES MEDLINE, LILACS and Cochrane Library. KEYWORDS leukotrienes, antileukotrienes, asthma treatment, allergic rhinitis treatment, asthma and allergic rhinitis. An attempt was made to group the main studies and reviews about this topic. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS LT...

This study aimed to review model and activities of asthma management including role of pharmacist in asthma control. A systematic review was done during Jul-Aug 2010 from three major databases including Pubmed, the Cochrane Library, and Journals Ovid. Inclusion criteria included publication in English, enrollment of asthma children aged 0-18 years, with book chapters were not included. Informat...

One of the rare complications coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), which can present with different clinical pictures, is pneumothorax. In our case, a patient who did not have predisposing risk factors for pneumothorax such as history trauma, smoking, past intubations, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and developed bilateral spontaneous while under treatment diagnosis COVID-19 pre...