UK OPCRD, and as ⩾ 4 different dates of dispensation of oral steroids over 12 months at ⩾ 2 different quarters in French EGB), the presence of a diagnosis of COPD or prescribing/dispensation of tiotropium or indacaterol alone, cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, bronchiectasis, tubercu- los...
Locum General Practitioner, London, UK Mark L. Levy Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA Leonard B. Bacharier Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Eric Bateman Québec Heart and Lung Institute, Université Laval, Qu...
There is evidence from two population studies of adults living in the UK that a diet with a low intake of fresh fruit and vegeta- bles is a risk factor for decreased lung function [117, 118], but studies in the USA and in the Netherlands have found no relationship between low vitamin ...
Mild persistent asthmacharacterized by symptoms less than 3 days per week, nighttime awakenings three to four times per month, use of SABA on less than 3 days per week, no activity limitation, normal lung function between exacerbations (FEV1of 80%; 0 to 1 exacerbation in the preceding year (...
Barnes, MD National Heart and Lung Institute London, England, UK Eric D. Bateman, MD University Cape Town Lung Institute Cape Town, South Africa Allan Becker, MD University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Elisabeth Bel, MD University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jeffrey M. Dra...
Plus, the struggles related to the Flovent stoppage have hit patients hard. Although people with asthma tend to do well once they switch to an option that works for them, Arora said, it may take weeks or months for them to get used to it, which isn’t ideal at this time of year. ...
Similarly, total lung capacity and residual volumes remained stable out to 5 years in the BT group. There were small improvements over baseline in Diffusion Capacity in both the BT and Control groups over the course of the study. There was an improvement over baseline in the methacholine PC20...
Group plus individual education improved quality of life and lung function in patients with asthma(1999) Am J Respir Crit Care Med 159, 812; Gallefoss F,Bakke PS,Kjaersgaard P. . Quality of life assessment after patient education in a randomized controlled study on asthma chronic obstructive ...
University of Leicester, Institute for Lung Health, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Christopher E. Brightling Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Guy G. Brusselle Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlan...
Bacterial components plus vitamin D: the ultimate solution to the asthma (autoimmune disease) epidemic? J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 127, 1128–1130 (2011). 92. Sundar, I. K. & Rahman, I. Vitamin D and susceptibility of chronic lung diseases: role of epigenetics. Front. Pharmacol...