A peak flow diary ... people who have asthma. The most important thing is to keep control of your condition. Keep taking your medicine. Never stop or change medications without talking to your ...

Many studies have shown that overuse of short-acting beta-agonists (SABAs) in asthma is associated with increased risks of exacerbation and all-cause mortality. 1,2 This effect is dose-dependent, with ...

Discriminative performance improved after adding sex-specific pre-bronchodilator peak expiratory flow to St. George ... many individuals without COPD do not undergo spirometry and are given ...

Sal Di Leo grew up in an orphanage in the 1960s, the 11th of 12 children rescued from abject poverty after their father left them. “I don’t know where I’d be today without the sisters ...

“Tobacco smoke particles are sized between 0.1 microns and 1 microns, with a peak between 0.2 ... such as young children and individuals with asthma and COPD. Rubino explains, “Those with ...

Some other issues in managing asthma in children. The BTS/SIGN guideline also provides recommendations ... who has had a documented acute attack (with symptoms, chest signs and peak flow confirmation ...

Residents reporting respiratory illness or arthritis were interviewed using condition-specific questionnaires, the former also completing peak flow ... children, the outcome measure used was the value ...

Currently, diagnosing asthma requires sophisticated breathing tests, typically found only at specialists, that can be challenging for young children. "It's really difficult to do lung function ...

an allergist-immunologist at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, said. The key is a drug originally designed to treat asthma patients. "The way that omalizumab, brand name Xolair, works is that ...

While, thankfully, there were very few toy related deaths last year, with a total of ten children dying from their toys, hundreds of thousands of children were taken to the Emergency Department ...

Objective: To measure peak inspiratory flow (PIF ... study of children and adolescents with asthma using dry powder inhalers (DPIs) regularly. The control group included sex-, age-, weight-, and ...