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Showing 1 to 20 of 153 for “"Exacerbation"”.

  1. Exacerbation and glucocorticoid toxicity profile in patients receiving mepolizumab for severe eosinophilic asthma

    McDowell, Pamela JaneQueen's University Belfast2022

    … been shown to lead to a 50% reduction in exacerbation rate, when compared with placebo, and facilitates the weaning of maintenance oral corticosteroids (OCS) in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. <br/><br/>This works seeks to address two questions that arise from treatment with this …

    qu-belfast Repository record

  2. Adapting An Evidence-Based Pediatric Acute Asthma Exacerbation Severity Assessment Tool For Pediatric Primary Care

    Magpuri, Anne Tipay

    … 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: (1) …

    yale Repository record

  3. Does Exercise Prevent Exacerbation of Anxiety-Related Vulnerability Factors Following An Analogue Stressor: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Krakauer, Rachel LaurenFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina2019

    The most common mental disorders are anxiety-related disorders (Andlin-Sobocki & Wittchen, 2005). The diathesis-stress model of psychopathology explains that stressors interact with vulnerability factors to influence the development of anxiety-related disorders (Monroe & Simmons, 1991); therefore, …

    regina Repository record

  4. In Vivo And In Vitro Studies Of Exacerbation By Ammonia Of Murine Respiratory Mycoplasmosis In Rats (Organ Culture).

    Pinson, David Michael

    uab Repository record

  5. The Role Of Renal Nerves And Renal Adrenoceptors In Sodium-Chloride-Induced Exacerbation Of Hypertension In Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.

    Sripairojthikoon, Wanida

    uab Repository record

  6. Murine Respiratory Mycoplasmosis In C57Bl/6N And C3H/He-N Mice: Strain Differences In Early Host Responses And Exacerbation By Nitrogen-Dioxide.

    Parker, Robert Flores

    uab Repository record

  7. Characterisation of exacerbations in non-CF Bronchiectasis to establish endpoints in measuring treatment efficacy

    Sundaram, SupriyaUniversity of East Anglia2013

    … productive of mucopurulent sputum and frequent exacerbations. We have aimed to validate clinical, biochemical and microbiological endpoints to aid planning of future interventional studies. We recruited fifty-eight subjects with bronchiectasis at the Lung Defence unit (Papworth Hospital, …

    east-anglia Repository record

  8. FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISATION, DISEASE BURDEN AND PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE ITALIAN COPD REGISTRY

    RADOVANOVIC, DEJANUniversità degli Studi di Milano2024

    … Patients with COPD are at increased risk of exacerbations, hospitalizations and mortality, but although over the years numerous severity classification systems have been proposed, they often revealed to be poorly associated with clinical outcomes. The degree of disease burden, the role of …

    milano Repository record

  9. Cytokines and aeroallergens in the pathogenesis of summer-pasture associated obstructive pulmonary disease: effects on endothelin production, neutrophil activation and chemotaxis

    Costa, Lais Rosa RodriguesVeterinary Medical Sciences - Pathobiological Sciences2022

    … disease of horses, is characterized by clinical exacerbation associated with exposure to pasture environment during the summer. Aeroallergens are believed to trigger exacerbation of SPAOPD, cytokines are likely associated with the anamnestic response to aeroallergens, and endothelin (ET)-1 is a …

    lsu-thes Repository record

  10. Ambient particulate matter as a trigger for acute exacerbations of asthma

    Shadie, AlexanderUNSW, Sydney2014

    … 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 …

    unsw Repository record

  11. Association of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal biomarkers with clinical outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Fermont, Jilles MartijnUniversity of Cambridge2019

    … weakness and plasma biomarkers for acute exacerbation of COPD, hospital admission and mortality, as there is currently no individual biomarker able to reliably identify or predict these common clinical outcomes. The aim of this research was to identify and evaluate the predictive value of …

    cambridge Repository record

  12. The Effects of Pregnancy on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Christensen, Julia

    … Controversy exists about the occurrence of exacerbations during pregnancy and the effect these exacerbations will have on the basic disease process. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect pregnancy would have in precipitating exacerbation of disease activity. The …

    loma-linda Repository record

  13. IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 RESPIRATORY INFECTION ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND NEED FOR NON-INVASIVE VENTILATORY SUPPORT IN ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: A SINGLE-CENTER, PROSPECTIVE, OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

    TIRELLI, CLAUDIOUniversità degli Studi di Milano2026

    … bacterial infections are the main cause of COPD exacerbations, accounting for 25% and 26% of cases respectively. To date no conclusive data are available on the risk of COPD exacerbations triggered by SARS-CoV-2. The present study was primarily aimed to identify the risk of acute respiratory …

    milano Repository record

  14. Assessing the role of temperature and air pollution in exacerbating childhood asthma in Cape Town, South Africa

    Phakisi, Tshepo KingsleyDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine2022

    … 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 pollution is affecting childhood asthma, specifically in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Temperature changes can be used …

    cape-town Repository record

  15. Effort-Independent Asthma Severity Classification

    Lynch, James C., IIIMassachusetts Institute of Technology2021

    … recordings from subjects with asthmatic exacerbation may be distinguished from their normal/baseline recordings with an AUROC of 0.92 (0.84 -- 1.00). Additionally, using data from an acute pediatric setting we show that recordings from subjects with severe asthmatic exacerbation may be …

    mit Repository record

  16. The Risk of Serious Respiratory-Related Events Following Immunization with the Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (qHPV) Vaccine: The Ontario Grade 8 HPV Vaccine Cohort Study

    Cheung, Melanie T.2014

    … 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 immunization …

    queens Repository record

  17. A quality improvement cycle for acute bronchospasm in primary health care: Mitchell's Plain Community Health Centre, Cape Town

    Marimuthu, SarojiniDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine2015

    … Community Health Care casualty were for an acute exacerbation of asthma and 7.8% of total deaths were from acute asthma. There was generally poor adherence to the national guidelines with respect to the management of an acute asthma exacerbation. Aim and Objectives: This study aimed to assess and …

    cape-town Repository record

  18. Risk, Vulnerability, and Hazards: The Industrial Canal and the Lower Ninth Ward

    Graves, Jerry V., Jr.

    … to examine the implications of addressing the exacerbation of exposure to natural hazards within the traditional environmental justice framework. The Industrial Canal and Lower Ninth Ward were selected as the subjects of this case study because the canal has existed on the perimeter of the …

    uno Repository record

  19. Determining the impact of Heligmosomoides polygyrus infection on the development of colitis

    Katsandegwaza, BrunetteDepartment of Pathology2019

    … as measured by histology and flow cytometry. Exacerbation of DSS colitis is dependent on the dose of H.polygyrus but is independent of the phase of H.polygyrus infection, with both acute and chronic infections resulting in the same phenotype. Helminth exacerbated DSS colitis is characterised …

    cape-town Repository record

  20. The effect of smoking on the severity of mechanisms of acute exacerbations of COPD

    Bourne, Simon CharlesUniversity of Southampton2008

    … a prevalence of 10% in men and 8.5% in women. Exacerbations of COPD account for approximately 10% of all acute medical admissions. Projected prevalence figures suggest that by 2020 COPD will be the third leading cause of mortality worldwide thus imposing a significant burden on healthcare …

    soton Repository record

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