Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Apr 2012
Effect of exercise-induced bronchospasm and parental beliefs on physical activity of asthmatic adolescents from a tropical region.
Physical activity (PA) is an essential health promotion factor. In asthmatic children and adolescents, exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) and parental beliefs and attitudes toward PA may be limiting issues. ⋯ We found no association between EIB and low PA levels, although EIB was a frequent event that should be addressed by health care professionals, along with mother's beliefs and attitudes toward PA.
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Mar 2012
Surveillance of contrast-media-induced hypersensitivity reactions using signals from an electronic medical recording system.
Contrast-media (CM) hypersensitivity is a well-known adverse drug reaction. Surveillance of adverse drug reactions usually depends on spontaneous reports. However, the rate of spontaneous reports is low. Recent progress in information technology enables the electronic search on signals of adverse drug reactions from electronic medical recording (EMR) systems. ⋯ A surveillance system using EMR may be a useful tool in the study of drug hypersensitivity epidemiology and may be used in an adverse drug reaction alarm system and as a clinical, decision making support system.
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Feb 2012
Multiple drug intolerance syndrome: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and management.
Population-based data on the demographics and clinical characteristics of patients with multiple unrelated drug class intolerances noted in their medical records are lacking. ⋯ Multiple drug intolerance syndrome is in part iatrogenic. It is associated with overweight elderly women who have high rates of health care and medication usage. Urticarial syndromes only explain a small fraction of MDIS cases. Multiple drug intolerance syndrome is associated with anxiety, but not predominately with immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated allergy or life-threatening illness. Multiple drug intolerance syndrome can be managed by medication avoidance and judicious rechallenge.
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyEvaluating the minimally important difference of the urticaria activity score and other measures of disease activity in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria.
The Urticaria Activity Score (UAS) is a widely used patient-reported outcome measure for patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) that includes 2 items: intensity of pruritus and number of hives. Items are scored individually, and the UAS7 is calculated as the sum of pruritus and number of hives over 1 week. Recently, its instructions were enhanced. ⋯ The enhanced UAS has adequate measurement properties to support its use in clinical research.