Introduction: Ramadan is the 9th  Islamic lunar month during which Muslims avoid eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset.  The effect of Ramadan intermittent fasting on asthma control is controversial.  The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Ramadan fasting on the spirometric variables and clinical symptoms on well-controlled asthmatic patients during Ramadan. Material and M...

Method Children with asthma who were followed in our outpatient department of pediatric allergy unit were consecutively recruited. Asthma severity was graded according to NAEPP guidelines. Patients were categorized into two groups; children with intermittent and mild persistent asthma formed Group 1 (mild asthma) whereas children with moderate and severe persistent asthma formed Group 2 (severe...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of maternal asthma on pregnancy, analyzing the consequences of the severity of the disease in the impairment of fetal well-being, as well as the related maternal and perinatal complications. METHODS A retrospective study with 117 pregnancies complicated by maternal asthma and with no other comorbidities, in the period from January, 2005 to December, 2010. Inclu...

BACKGROUND Childhood asthma can have a range of outcomes in adulthood. OBJECTIVE To identify clinical features and exposures associated with persistence and severity of childhood asthma in adulthood. METHODS Eighty-five of 121 subjects previously enrolled in a study of immunotherapy for childhood allergic asthma (age 5-12 years) were re-evaluated with allergy skin testing, spirometry, and i...

RATIONALE Airway eosinophilia is typical of asthma, and many controller treatments target eosinophilic disease. Asthma is clinically heterogeneous, however, and a subgroup of people with asthma do not have airway eosinophilia. The size of this subgroup is uncertain because prior studies have not examined repeated measures of sputum cytology to determine when people with asthma have intermittent...

BACKGROUND Asthma was the most common chronic condition among adults hospitalized for 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1). OBJECTIVES We describe the epidemiology and factors for severe outcomes among adults with asthma who were hospitalized or died from pH1N1 in California. METHODS We reviewed California Department of Public Health pH1N1 reports from April 23, 2009 through August 11, ...

OBJECTIVE Many children are brought to the pediatric emergency department (ED) with acute asthma symptoms. Emergency asthma care is costly, and many ED visits may be preventable. Families often do not have written asthma action plans and lack asthma self-management skills. This study tests a tailored self-management intervention delivered in the ED for families of children with asthma. The prim...

McLean DE, Bowen S, Drezner K, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:244–249 Purpose of the Study. To determine the prevalence of asthma among a population of homeless children. Study Population. A total of 740 children whose families entered 3 family shelters in New York City, New York, from June 1998 to September 1999, representing 75% of all children entering these shelters. Methods. On ...

McLean DE, Bowen S, Drezner K, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:244–249 Purpose of the Study. To determine the prevalence of asthma among a population of homeless children. Study Population. A total of 740 children whose families entered 3 family shelters in New York City, New York, from June 1998 to September 1999, representing 75% of all children entering these shelters. Methods. On ...