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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Wheeze"”.
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Efficacy of oral corticosteroids for preschool wheeze
INTRODUCTION: Acute preschool wheeze is one of the most common respiratory conditions in children aged 1 to 6 years. Due to its high prevalence, it consumes substantial healthcare resources and creates economic burdens. Although oral corticosteroids (OCS) have been widely used to treat acute …
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Paediatric asthma and wheeze: early life origins
… the important childhood disorders asthma and wheeze. Factors creating a suboptimal early environment may persistently alter the structure and function of the immune and respiratory systems.<br/>This thesis explored the early life origins of paediatric asthma and wheeze in a large, prospective …
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From sneeze to wheeze: Non-invasive studies on asthma and rhinitis
Asthma and allergic rhinitis are diseases that cause major disability and illness in all ethnic groups and ages. It is well established that allergic rhinitis and asthma are closely linked entities and more than 75 % of the patients with asthma reports concomitant rhinitis. Asthma is also closely …
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Multi-state models for the analysis of Wheeze in a birth cohort of Western Cape children
… in later life. Determining the epidemiology of wheeze is complex given that the risk factors vary based on the age of the child and the phenotype of wheeze. Little is known regarding the recurrent nature of childhood wheezing in low- and middle-income contexts. This study aimed to use …
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Investigating associations between maternal mental health on wheeze through two years of age in a South African birth cohort study
… illnesses in children worldwide. Severe wheeze can result in significant morbidity, caregiver burden and increased health care costs. In addition, early childhood wheeze may be associated with reduced lung function, diminished airway responsiveness, increased risk of asthma in late …
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Association between environmental exposure to pesticides and prevalence of asthma symptoms in rural children and adolescents living in agricultural settings in the Western Cape
… more than two reported asthma symptoms (current wheeze, wheeze attack, wheeze disturbing sleep, wheeze limiting speech and wheeze during exercise) was 8.5% across the sample. There were no statistically significant positive associations found between any of the three asthma related outcomes …
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Spatial Patterns and Correlates of Lower Respiratory Tract Illnesses in Children from Drakenstein, Western Cape
… and clustering of childhood pneumonia and wheeze and to identify factors associated with these diseases in two communities of the Western Cape province in South Africa. Methods: This analysis used case-control data from the Drakenstein Child Health Study. Cases were children who developed …
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The epidemiology of asthma and wheeze in primary school children in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, with special reference to the role of environmental tobacco smoke
… tobacco smoke is associated with asthma, wheeze or bronchial hyperresponsiveness in general and asthmatic populations of children. This thesis is based on a self-administered questionnaire survey of the parents of 1 955 sub-8 pupils (90% response rate), aged 7 to 9 years, in Mitchell's …
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Measurement and analysis of breath sounds
… are some restrictions. A reliable automatic wheeze detection algorithm based on auditory modelling has been developed. That is the human’s auditory system is modelled as a bank of band pass filters, in which the bandwidths are frequency dependent. Wheezes are treated as signals additive to …
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Dietary and environmental factors associated with symptoms or diagnosis of asthma in Cape Town school children : findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) phase three study
The prevalence of current wheeze and asthma in school children in Cape Town has been reported to be increasing. The multi centre International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase 3 (ISAAC 3) offered an opportunity to investigate the relationship between environmental or dietary risk …
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The stool microbiota and infant wheezing illness - the Drakenstein child health study, South Africa
… Cape, South Africa. We included 140 infants with wheeze (cases) and 140 age-matched controls. Passed faecal samples were collected from infants at birth, whilst aspirated or passed faecal samples were collected at six weeks, six months and 12 months. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was extracted from …
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Association of Faecalibacterium, Lachnospira, Veillonella, and Rothia with childhood wheezing
… (FLVR) in three-month old infants with atopy-wheeze symptoms. It is not known whether this is true in different human populations worldwide. The overall aim of this dissertation was to investigate the contribution of any of the FLVR bacteria or their combination in the occurrence of infant …
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Predictors of obstructive lung disease among seafood processing workers along the West Coast of the Western Cape of South Africa
… of current asthma diagnosis, defined as recent wheeze and the presence of non-specific ...
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Respiratory allergy and asthma associated with pesticide exposure amongst women in rural Western Cape
… asthma symptoms in the last 12 months including wheeze with breathlessness, woken up with chest tightness, attack of shortness of breath at rest and woken by attack of coughing. The asthma symptom score values ranged from from 0 for no symptoms to 4 for all symptoms.
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with asthma in adults: a multi-country survey
… was [1.64 (95% CI: 1.55 - 1.73)] for current wheeze, and [1.74 (95% CI: 1.61 - 1.89)] for severe asthma symptoms while exposure to moulds the OR was [1.35 (95% CI: 1.27 - 1.43)] for current wheeze, and [1.49 (95% CI: 1.37 - 1.63)] for severe asthma symptoms. The OR for biomass and solids as …
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Exploring the Long-Term Effects of Vaping on Respiratory Health Among Adolescents: A Systematic Literature Review
… (1) chronic respiratory symptoms (cough, wheeze, bronchitic symptoms, and asthma exacerbations), (2) pulmonary function impairment (notably reduced FEV1/FVC in vapers), (3) pathophysiological mechanisms (airway inflammation and oxidative stress), (4) second-hand vapour exposure, associated …
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Bronchiectasis in African children: disease burden, aetiology and clinical spectrum at a paediatric tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
… 24 (41.4%) finger clubbing 21 (36.2%), wheeze 16 (29.3%) and exertional dyspnea in 7 (12.0%). Conclusion: Bronchiectasis is a common cause of chronic lung disease in South African children mostly resulting from previous pneumonias, with tuberculosis being the commonest infective cause. …
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The Clinical Spectrum, Aetiology and Disease Progression of Children with Post-infectious Bronchiolitis Obliterans at Tertiary Paediatric Pulmonology Service in Cape Town, South Africa
… two or more hospital admissions. Cough (43%) and wheeze (39%) were the commonest reported current symptoms. Lung function impairment was associated with younger age at first presentation and recurrent hospital admissions. Children with higher BMI at presentation had higher FEV1/FVC z-score in …
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The relationship between reproductive hormones and asthma-related outcomes in boys residing in the rural Western Cape
… 11.2 (Standard deviation -1.7 years). Current wheeze (CW), asthma symptom score ≥ 2 (ASS) and parental reported asthma (PA) prevalence were 6.1%, 6.7% and 8.0%, respectively. In the adjusted multivariate logistic regression models, total serum testosterone (TST) levels were negatively …
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Farming activities and respiratory health in school age children
… symptoms were determined by report of cough, wheeze, phlegm. Individual farming activities assessed were; haying, harvesting, moving or playing with hay bales, feeding livestock, cleaning or playing in barns, cleaning pens, and emptying or filling grain bins. The health assessment, conducted …
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