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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Asthma exacerbation"”.
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Adapting An Evidence-Based Pediatric Acute Asthma Exacerbation Severity Assessment Tool For Pediatric Primary Care
… derived from evidence-based pediatric acute asthma exacerbation assessment tools, asthma scores, and the acute asthma prediction rule validated and utilized in the emergency department and to adapt these criteria for pediatric primary care.</p> <p>Method: Three stages of the project included: …
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Assessing the role of temperature and air pollution in exacerbating childhood asthma in Cape Town, South Africa
Childhood asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide, including in South Africa. There has been substantial evidence on the role of air pollution in asthma exacerbation but limited research on the role of climate change and how the interaction between climate change and air …
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The Risk of Serious Respiratory-Related Events Following Immunization with the Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (qHPV) Vaccine: The Ontario Grade 8 HPV Vaccine Cohort Study
… qHPV vaccination increases the risk of incident asthma, asthma exacerbation, and anaphylaxis. Methods: A population-based retrospective cohort of grade 8 girls eligible for Ontario’s HPV immunization program between 2007 and 2011 was identified using the province’s administrative health and …
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Asthma-Related Health Outcomes in New Jersey After a Natural Disaster Event
… event such as a hurricane may further hinder the asthma management of asthmatic individuals. Unmanaged asthma has led to increased work absenteeism, preventable emergency department visits, costly hospitalizations and possibly death in severe cases. To improve asthma management in asthmatic adults …
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A quality improvement cycle for acute bronchospasm in primary health care: Mitchell's Plain Community Health Centre, Cape Town
Asthma affects over 300 million people worldwide and is the sixth highest cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. Mitchell’s Plain is a large suburb in Cape Town, with a population of approximately 320 000 people. A previous study in 2006 indicated that 15.7% of patients that presented …
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Ambient particulate matter as a trigger for acute exacerbations of asthma
… matter have been associated with acute exacerbations of asthma. The mechanism(s) by which non-allergic stimuli such as particulate pollutants trigger exacerbations of allergic asthma are unknown, but may involve injury to airway epithelial cells (AEC) via oxidative stress. Objective: To …
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Impact of the Implementation of Accountable Care Organizational Structure on Pediatric Emergency Department Visits
… pediatrics. One marker of quality in pediatric asthma is the use of emergency department (ED) visits for acute asthma exacerbation. Patients with a well-understood asthma plan, education about rescue medications and with proper use of control medications should have little ED usage. The purpose …