BACKGROUND Differences could exist in the likelihood of asthma attacks in patients treated with inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), long-acting beta-agonist (LABA), and montelukast (MON) (ICS/LABA/MON) and patients treated with an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and montelukast (MON) (ICS/MON). METHODS This was a post-hoc analysis of a pretest-posttest retrospective cohort study. Patients with mild pe...

Fatal attacks of asthma usually occur against a background of chronic persistent symptoms, presumably due to chronic airway inflammation and changes in airway wall structure. Death from asthma is usually attributed to excessive airway narrowing due to a combination of muscle spasm and mucous plugging. To test the hypothesis that airway wall structure and/or the inflammatory cell profile are rel...

The relationship between asthma and passive smoking has been well established. However, it is still not clear whether an acute asthma attack can be induced by acute smoke exposure. The specific aims of this study were: 1- To assess the degree of smoke exposure through urinary cotinine levels in asthmatic children during and 4 weeks after asthma attacks and, 2- To evaluate the reliability of par...

BACKGROUND Studies of mortality from asthma have suggested that a very severe asthma attack identifies a group at greatly increased risk of subsequent death from the disease. This study compares the demographic characteristics of asthmatic patients who required management in an intensive care unit for a severe life threatening attack between 1981 and 1987 with a group who died of asthma between...

Background Chronic conditions such as asthma are usually stigmatized as one of the reasons for short stature. A widespread belief also is that prolonged long-term treatment with corticosteroids will lead to elevated body weight and also could lead to short stature. Therefore we evaluated the height and weight status in the children admitted in the hospital for asthma attack regarding the asthma...

Asthma is a disease of civilisation par excellence. Its increasing incidence is cause for concern and several teams working around the world are attempting to untangle the complexity of its causes. The University of Liège has made a small step towards this understanding by identifying a protease whose role may prove to be very interesting ... Asthma may be defined as a reversible obstruction of...

One hundred and thirty four ambulatory children with bronchial asthma were investigated in the Pediatric Pulmonary-Allergic Service. In 95 patients an interval characterised by prodromal respiratory symptoms (cough, rhinorrhoea, and wheezing), behavioural changes (irritability, apathy, anxiety, and sleep disorders), gastrointestinal symptoms (abdominal pain and anorexia), fever, itching, skin e...

To investigate the prevalence of smoking, asthma and asthma-related symptoms in relation to age, sex and smoking behaviour in Urmia, we carried out a cross-sectional study in 2004 using the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease questionnaire, which includes some questions on smoking. We surveyed 2987 adults aged 20-44 years. Prevalence of wheeze, breathlessness with wheezing...

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Communications to the Editor is emphasized in the following statement: “Secondary and tertiary asthma treatment should address several basic nonpharmacologic principles. First, asthma trigj ers, including irritants and allergens, should be avoided. ’ however, complete avoidance ofall substances that might trigger an asthma attack is not always possible, particularly for persons who are highly a...