Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Feb 2006
Emergency department visits for asthma: the role of frequent symptoms and delay in care.
Use of the emergency department (ED) for asthma care is a costly form of health care that is largely preventable. However, little is known about how to reduce the number of people using the ED for asthma care. ⋯ Results suggest that to prevent ED visits for asthma, it is important to control asthma symptoms. However, it is equally if not more important to reduce delays in receiving asthma care.
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Feb 2006
Asthma hospitalizations in the state of Qatar: an epidemiologic overview.
An increasing trend in asthma morbidity and mortality has been reported in a number of countries, including New Zealand, Great Britain, France, Italy, the United States, and Asia; however, no previous studies have evaluated the trend in admission and epidemiology of asthma in the state of Qatar. ⋯ For asthma patients in Qatar, the hospitalization rate is below the recommended Healthy People 2000 goal and the mortality rate is low.
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Oct 2005
The blocking effect of essential controller medications during aspirin challenges in patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.
The blocking effect of controller medications for asthma could have an effect on the outcome of aspirin challenges in patients suspected of having aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD). ⋯ Controller medications are frequently needed to stabilize airways of patients with AERD. LTMDs alone or in combination with other controllers blocked lower respiratory tract reactions during aspirin challenge in some patients with AERD but did not change the overall rate of positive aspirin challenge results and did not lead to false-negative challenges.
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Current asthma management guidelines recommend aggressive asthma treatment for women who are pregnant. ⋯ For patients using an ICS before pregnancy, the rate of asthma-related physician visits decreased and the number of ED visits was unchanged after pregnancy, whereas physician and ED visits increased after pregnancy for patients not using an ICS before pregnancy. Overall, the data suggest that asthma is undertreated in women contemplating pregnancy and in those who are pregnant.