Asthma Headlines: Latest News
Latest News, 2006
September 2006
23 Sep.-Measurement of Pulsus Paradoxus Complements Medical Decision Making in Assessment of Acute Asthma Severity (Chest)
23 Sep.-Montelukast Treatment Attenuates the Increase in Myofibroblasts Following Low-Dose Allergen Challenge (Chest)
19 Sep.-Treatment burden and health-related quality of life of children with diabetes, cystic fibrosis and asthma (JPCH)
12 Sep.-Worldwide time trends in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eccema in childhood- ISAAC Phases One and Three (Lancet)
07 Sep.-Asthma Symptom Burden- Relationship to Asthma Severity and Anxiety and Depression Symptoms (Pediatrics)
August 2006
31 Aug.-Exhaled nitric oxide measurements: clinical application and interpretation (Thorax)
25 Aug.-Comparision of outcomes and exposures between European birth cohort studies on asthma and atopic diseases- a GA2LEN initiative (Allergy)17 Aug.-Effects of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis in Asthma and pulmonary function (Chest)
17 Aug.-Aerosol therapy by pressured metered-dose inhaler-spacer in sleeping young children should not be recommended (Chest)
11 Aug.-More about using of pulmonary function in asthma severity classificationt (APAM)
09 Aug.-Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second percentage improves the classification of severity among children with asthma (Pediatrics)
03 Aug.-More evidence on neutrophilic inflammation in intense lung inflammation (ERJ)
July 2006
31 Jul.-Follow-up care given by specialist nurses are comparable to that given by doctors (Chest)
31 Jul.-Adults with asthma who quit somoke improve their lung function quickly (AJRCCM)
30 Jul.-Anales publishes in two parts the Basque Country GPC of Asthma (An Pediatr)
26 Jul.-Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction reverted with deep inhalation (ERJ)
26 Jul.-More about the role of farming life in the development of atopy and allergic diseases (ERJ)
19 Jul.-Concomitant Rhinosinusitis treatment improves asthma (ERJ)
11 Jul.-Active smoking as an important risk factor in the incidence of asthma in adolsecents (Thorax)
11 Jul.-Reliability of spirometry in children with asthma aged 3 to 5 (Ped Pulm)
03 Jul.-Active smoking among adolescents. Worldwide results 1999-2005 (JAMA)
June 2006
29 Jun.-Four in five asthma deaths may be due to inadecuate use of long acting beta2agonists (BMJ)
25 Jun.-Sensitization to Aeroallergens and Airway Hyperresponsiveness at 7 Years of Age (Chest)
25 Jun.-Role of Spirometry and Exhaled Nitric Oxide To Predict Exacerbations in Treated Asthmatics (Chest)
25 Jun.-Effects of Early Intervention With Inhaled Budesonide on Lung Function in Newly Diagnosed Asthma (Chest)
19 Jun.-Low-dose inhaled and nasal corticosteroid use and the risk of cataracts (ERJ)
19 Jun.-Early rise in exhaled nitric oxide and mast cell activation in repeated low-dose allergen challenge (ERJ)
13 Jun.-Parental smoking and allergic sensitization (PAI)
07 Jun.-Recurrent Wheeze in Early Childhood and Asthma Among Children at Risk for Atopy (Pediatrics)
07 Jun.-Antibiotic Treatment of Wheezing in Children With Asthma (Pediatrics)
May 2006
21 May.-Aside the Eccema, there are little data supporting an association between early solid feeding and other allergic conditions (APAM)
16 May.-Racial Disparities in Childhood Asthma in the United States (Pediatrics)
11 May.-Diet improving antioxidants intake, may be a potentially modifiable risk factor for the development of asthma (Thorax)
11 May.-Natural virus infection and real life allergen exposure in allergic asthmatic children increase the risk of hospital admissions (Thorax)
07 May.-More about the relationship between Asthma and Atopy (ADC)
05 May.-Early life exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics may have a causative role in sensitisation and the expression of wheeze (PAI)
03 May.-Particulate Levels Are Associated with Early Asthma Worsening in Children with Persistent Disease (AJRCCM)
April 2006
29 Abr.-Children with mild nonatopic episodic wheeze haven't airway inflammation (Ped Pulmonol)
23 Abr.-Four out 100 athletes competed in Athens 2004 used beta2 with IOC approval (JACI)
14 Apr.-Consensus on Asthma Management in Spain (SENP-SEICAP) (An Pediatr)
14 Apr.-Young people choice job unrelated with their asthma status (ERJ)
11 Apr-Differences in prevalence of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema reported by parental and adolescents (PedPulm)
11 Apr-Responses to inhaled bronchodilators in infancy are not linked with asthma in later childhood (PedPulm)
05 Apr-Asthma prevalence increasing. Wales Study in 1973, 1988 and 2003 (Thorax)
05 Apr.-The poor quality asthmatic bones asthma maybe related with its treatment, or its effects on physical activity (BMJ)
03 Apr-Children with high body weight are at increased risk for future asthma (ADC)
March 2006
27 Mar.-Asthma in every fifth child in Oslo, Norway: a 10-year follow up of a birth cohort study (Allergy)
27 Mar.-Growing up on a farm may confer protection from both sensitization and allergic diseases in childhooda (Allergy)
18 Mar.-Prevalence of Asthma in Majorca, value of free running test (An Pediatr)
18 Mar.-Prevalence of asthma in San Sebastian (Pais Vasco), usingISAAC (An Pediatr)
18 Mar.-The rol of pharmacogenetics in Asthma treatment (An Pediatr)
14 Mar.-The September epidemic of asthma hospitalization: School children as disease vectors (JACI)
11 Mar.-The sCD14 y CC16 levels, increased during asthma attack in children (AJRCCM)
07 Mar.-LSome vegetables intake may decrese the prevalence of asthma in adults (Thorax)
07 Mar.-Asthma Inflammation can be evaluated with Th1-Th2 sputum profile (Thorax) 01 Mar.-Body mass index influences on the response to asthma controller agents (ERJ)
February 2006
23 Feb.-Receptor Polymorphisms is relevant in the Response to Salmeterol (AJRCCM)
19 Feb.-Gender differences in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma cannot be explained completely by differences in symptom prevalence and frequency (Ped Pulm)
15 Feb.-Long-term treatment with inhaled budesonide may result in mild adrenal suppression (ERJ)
15 Feb.-Montelukast improves regional air-trapping due to small airways obstruction in asthma (ERJ)
09 Feb.-Inner-City Children With Asthma have more behaviour problemas than others (Pediatrics)
07 Feb.-Association of Indoor Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure with Respiratory Symptoms in Children with Asthma (AJRCCM)
02 Feb.-Montelukast administered in the morning or evening to prevent exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in children (Ped Pulmonol)
January 2006
27 Jan.-Mid-expiratory flow versus FEV1 measurements in the diagnosis of exercise induced asthma in elite athletes (Thorax)
27 Jan.-Inhaled corticosteroids moderate lung function decline in adults with asthma (Thorax)
21 Jan.-Fish oil may represent a beneficial intervention for asthmatic with Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction (Chest)
14 Jan.-Geographic Variation in the Prevalence of Asthma Symptoms in Spain. (Arch Bronc)
10 Jan.-The need to improve the management of asthma in primary care and the coordination with specialists (ERJ)
07 Jan.-The ISAAC-Italy reveals a prevalence increasing in Asthma and atopic diseases (Pediatrics)
03 Jan.-Environmental tobacco smoke augments the expression and secretion of IL-13 in allergic asthma (JACI)
03 Jan-eNO might help to identify individual children who achieve a great improvement using ICS (JACI)