Top asthma Articles in Allergy/Immunology

Traffic-Related Air Pollution and the Development of Asthma and Allergies During The First 8 Years of Life
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 12/07/2009

Gehring U et al. – Annual prevalence was 3–6% for asthma and 12–23% for asthma symptoms. Annual incidence of asthma was 6% at age one, and 1–2% at later ages. PM2.5 ... incidence of asthma, and prevalence of asthma symptoms. Findings were similar for NO2 and soot. Associations were stronger for children who did not move since birth. Positive associations with hay fever were found in non–movers only. No associations were found with atopic eczema, allergic ... and BHR. Exposure to traffic–related air pollution may cause asthma in children [more...]

Identification of Asthma Phenotypes using Cluster Analysis in the Severe Asthma Research Program
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 11/09/2009

Moore WC et al. – Five distinct clinical phenotypes of asthma have been identified using unsupervised hierarchical cluster analysis. All clusters contain subjects who meet the ATS definition of severe asthma ... which supports clinical heterogeneity in asthma and the need for new approaches for the classification of disease severity in asthma. [more...]

What's New in Alternative Therapies for Asthmatic Children
Journal of Community Health Nursing, 11/06/2009

medicine for pediatric asthma. This integrative review searched scientific literature in PubMed and WEB of Science from 2004 to 2009 via key terms: asthma complementary medicine, nursing complementary pediatric asthma, asthma herbal, and herbal pediatric asthma. Nine journal articles met the ... asthma. Evidenced–based research on this focus topic is still in its initial stages. Two themes of maximizing the diet and augmenting conventional therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine may serve as conduits of patient education. [more...]

Effectiveness of Asthma Education with and Without a Self-Management Plan in Hospitalized Children
Journal of Asthma, 11/10/2009

Espinoza–Palma T et al. – Asthma education with or without a self–management plan during asthma hospitalization were effective in reducing exacerbations, emergency visits, oral ... This evidence supports the importance of providing a complete asthma education plan in any patient who is admitted for asthma exacerbation. [more...]

Anxiety and the management of asthma in an adult outpatient population
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 11/05/2009

Cordina M et al. – Physicians treating patients with asthma should be sensitised to the association between asthma and anxiety, and should also consider assessing patients for the possibility of anxiety disorders as part of asthma management plans ... pulmonology,mental health,asthma/atopy [more...]

Asthma Plus Flu Can Be a Breathtaking Combination
Cleveland Clinic News, 11/25/2009

People with asthma are no more likely to catch the flu, or influenza, than people without asthma. But when people with asthma get the flu, it can literally take their breath away. Infection with influenza can trigger an asthma exacerbation. People ... with asthma are at substantially elevated risk for a serious flare needing ER management or hospitalization. [more...]

Is Exhaled Nitric Oxide a Useful Adjunctive Test for Assessing Asthma
Journal of Asthma, 11/13/2009

Bernstein JA et al. – The results of this study support the use of FeNO as an adjunctive tool for assessing asthma primarily in mild inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)–nave asthma patients. The lack of correlation of ACT with FeNO in ... appears to reflect the heterogeneity of asthma patients who have an admixture of asthma severity and treatment regimens making it very difficult to appreciate the nuances of sensitive tests like FeNO. [more...]

The Impact of Uncontrolled Asthma on Absenteeism and Health-Related Quality of Life
Journal of Asthma, 11/09/2009

Dean BB et al. – Uncontrolled asthma has far–reaching impact on the productivity and quality of life of asthma patients and their caregivers. Proper assessment, treatment, and disease management to improve asthma control may ... reduce the impact of uncontrolled asthma on asthmatic adults, children, and the caretakers of pediatric asthmatic patients. [more...]

Predictors of Asthma-related Pediatric Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations
Journal of Asthma, 11/03/2009

Tolomeo C et al. – The findings support the importance of early identification of children with asthma so that appropriate asthma management can be instituted before an emergency department visit occurs ... involving school–age and preadolescent children in the care of their asthma so that they can be equipped and encouraged to self–manage their own asthma. [more...]

Mother's Depression a Risk Factor in Childhood Asthma Symptoms, Study Suggests
Johns Hopkins Medicine, 11/23/2009

Asthma symptoms can worsen in children with depressed mothers, according to research. Analyzing data from interviews with 262 mothers of African–American children with asthma a population disproportionately affected by ... found that children whose mothers had more depressive symptoms had more frequent asthma symptoms during the six–months of the study. Conversely, children whose mothers reported fewer depressive symptoms had less frequent asthma symptoms. [more...]