Turning green: the impact of changing to more eco-friendly respiratory healthcare – a carbon and cost analysis of Dutch prescription data by Evelyn A Brakema, johan Kooistra, Niels Chavannes, Paul Hagedoorn, Pieter ten Have, Peter van Hal, Iris Wichers, Pauline de Heer, Hans C Ossebaard

“…First, we calculated the number of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma that were using inhalation medication (2020). …”
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The Role of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Samuel García, Carmen Conde

“…In addition to the role of PARP-1 in DNA repair, multiple studies have also demonstrated its involvement in several inflammatory diseases, such as septic shock, asthma, atherosclerosis, and stroke, as well as in cancer. …”
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Churg-Strauss Síndrome. A presentation of two cases by Julio López Argüelles, Joan Omar Rojas Fuentes, Ada Sanchez Lozano

“…Churg-Strauss syndrome is a strange vasculitis that has an annual incidence between 0.5 and 6.8 per million inhabitants (in patients with asthma it ranges between 20 and 60/1000 000 per year) and a prevalence between 7 and 13 per million inhabitants. …”
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Pneumomediastinum Secondary to Barotrauma after Recreational Nitrous Oxide Inhalation by H. Jeddy, Farhan Rashid, H. Bhutta, B. Lorenzi, A. Charalabopoulos

“…In the absence of history of airway injury and respiratory problems including asthma and with no oesophageal perforation on investigations, the diagnostic and management challenges encountered have been discussed which will help in future management of similar cases.…”
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Achalasia complicated with bilateral pneumonia and sepsis by Jelena Isaković, Ivana Spasojević, Stanislava Petrović, Ivan Ergelašev, Branislava Jorović, Dajana Lendak

“…Patients often disregard the symptoms for years or are treated for overlapping conditions with similar symptoms, such as GERD, gastritis, or various lung diseases from asthma to obstructive pulmonary disease. A common complication is aspiration leading to pneumonia, and these patients often go from pulmonologists to gastroenterologists in search of a diagnosis and cure. …”
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Short Communication: Some Observations on the Role of Bradykinin in Immunity to Teladorsagia circumcincta in Sheep by Andrew R. Williams

“…This provides further evidence that bradykinin may be a mechanism of protective immunity in sheep, although its involvement in asthma and other allergic disorders raises questions about its role in unwanted immunopathology.…”
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Impact of Obesity on Perinatal Outcomes among Asthmatic Women by Meggie Thuot, Marc-André Coursol, Sonia Nguyen, Vanessa Lacasse-Guay, Marie-France Beauchesne, Anne Fillion, Amélie Forget, Fatima-Zohra Kettani, Lucie Blais

“…BACKGROUND: Only one study has investigated the combined effect of maternal asthma and obesity on perinatal outcomes; however, it did not consider small-for-gestational age and large-for-gestational age infants.…”
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The association between tobacco and alcohol use and health outcomes in individuals living with diabetes and prediabetes in South Africa: A cross-sectional study by S J Mulder, T Chivese, C O Egbe

“…Current smoking was significantly associated with 40% increased odds of shortness of breath (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.40; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1 - 1.7; p<0.001) and 67% increased odds of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)/asthma (aOR 1.67; 95% CI 1.2 - 2.2; p<0.001). Problem/risky alcohol use was significantly associated with 40% increased odds of COPD/asthma (aOR 1.40; 95% CI 1.1 - 1.7; p=0.001) and 92% increased odds of having cancer (aOR 1.92; 95% CI 1.5 - 2.5; p<0.001). …”
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Allergen immunotherapy in atopic dermatitis by Agnieszka Bogacz-Piaseczyńska, Andrzej Bożek

“…AIT is a commonly accepted treatment for selected allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, allergy to venom, and sometimes food allergy. …”
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Ectopic Intratracheal Thyroid: A Rare Cause of Airway Obstruction by Waheed Rahman, Nafil Ishaq Arimbrathodi, Faisal Abdulkader, Hussain Al-Enazi, Zeynel A. Dogan

“…The presenting symptoms can be very similar to those of bronchial asthma. We discuss the case of a 29-year-old man with subglottic ectopic thyroid, with a history of thyroid surgery for goiter, which has been managed with laser-assisted endoscopic approach. …”
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Ice Hockey Lung – A Case of Mass Nitrogen Dioxide Poisoning in The Czech Republic by Kristian Brat, Zdenek Merta, Marek Plutinsky, Jana Skrickova, Miroslav Stanek Ing

“…None of the 15 patients developed asthma-like disease or chronic cough. Corticosteroids appeared to be useful in treatment. …”
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Multiple pregnancy. Case report. by Práxedes Regla Rojas Quintana

“…We present a case of a 34-year-old white female patient, of rural origins, with a history of 3rd degree bronchial asthma and respiratory arrests for that cause, who has required several admissions in the ICU. …”
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Dyspnea and Wheezing after Adenosine Injection in a Patient with Eosinophilic Bronchitis by Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Marie Christine Aubry, Kaiser Lim

“…Eosinophilic bronchitis is differentiated from asthma. In addition, the patient developed dyspnea, flushing, and wheezing after the administration of adenosine during a cardiac stress test in spite of a negative methacholine challenge. …”
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Implementation of a Targeted Screening Program to Detect Airflow Obstruction Suggestive of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease within a Presurgical Screening Clinic by Chantal Robitaille, Esther Dajczman, Andrew M Hirsch, David Small, Pierre Ernst, Dana Porubska, Mark Palayew

“…A targeted spirometry screening program was implemented within a presurgical screening (PSS) clinic to detect undiagnosed airways disease and identify patients with COPD/asthma in need of treatment optimization.…”
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Continuous Dual Resetting of the Immune Repertoire as a Basic Principle of the Immune System Function by Silvana Balzar

“…Idiopathic chronic inflammatory conditions (ICIC) such as allergy, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and various autoimmune conditions are a worldwide health problem. …”
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Chorioamnionitis and Lung Injury in Preterm Newborns by Gustavo Rocha

“…Recent data suggest susceptibility for subsequent asthma to be increased on long-term followup. Additional research on this field is needed.…”
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Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy. A Case Report by Tahiluma Santana Pedraza, Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, Bárbara Rafael Truy

“…We report the case of a patient with a history of bronchial asthma, who attended the Emergency Department of the health center of Montalbán, in the municipality Libertador, in the capital district of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela because of abdominal pain with nausea and gastric fullness. …”
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Peripheral neuropathy as initial manifestation of Churg-Strauss Syndrome by Antonio Villa, Marianna Gregorio, Francesca Bassi, Ignazio Santilli

“…The diagnosis was established based on the hypereosinophilia, nasal polyposis, a positive biopsy and ANCA serology, without a history of asthma. In this case report, the peripheral neuropathy was the initial manifestation of the Churg-Strauss syndrome.…”

Using Health Utility Index (HUI) for Measuring the Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) Among Individuals with Chronic Diseases by Frank Mo, Bernard C.K. Choi, Felix C.K. Li, Joav Merrick

“…Food allergy, allergy other than food, asthma, migraine headaches, and other remaining chronic diseases have a relatively mild effect. …”
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Multiple cranial neuropathies in Churg-Strauss syndrome: case report by G. Rutkauskaitė, R. Masaitienė, J. Dadonienė, D. Jatužis

“… Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS), known as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, is a systemic small- to medium-sized vasculitis, characterized by chronic rhinosinusitis, asthma and eosinophilia. Churg and Strauss first described this syndrome in 1951. …”
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