Archives of Internal MedicineKrishnan JA, Diette GB, Skinner EA, Clark BD, Steinwachs D, Wu AW. (2001). Race and sex differences in consistency of care with national asthma guidelines in managed care organizations. Archives of Internal Medicine 161(13):1660-1668....
We estimate the prevalence of impaired asthma control among asthmatic children in Hawaii and determine which factors are associated with impaired control.doi:10.1002/ppul.21387Brian H. WuDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary MedicineMichael D. Cabana
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States. High rates of asthma hospitalization have been reported for some ethnic minorities; however, asthma hospitalization rates for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations of all ages have not been studied. In this study...
Asthma is the most common chronic condition among children in this country, a prevalence of 8.5% in the general population and 7+% in the Medicaid. The National Health Interview Survey and CMS Medicaid and CHIP claims data show that ambulatory health services remain markedly higher among blacks ...
Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean. by Ian Whitmarshtransaminasesdysferlinopathydistal myopathiesNo abstract is available for this article.doi:10.1111/amet.12015_9Robert A. Halberstein...
by Kaiser Permanente Children and adolescents who are overweight or obese are more likely to have asthma than their healthy weight counterparts, according to a new Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in the online edition of Obesity. The study, which included more than 681,000 ...
METHODS: Eligible individuals had a prior diagnosis of asthma, one or more ICS prescriptions, and were members of a large health maintenance organization in southeast Michigan. Individuals were sent a survey that included questions about internal factors (e.g., patient beliefs, knowledge, and ...
The observed adjusted prevalence of asthma in the Middle East ranges from 4.4% to 7.6%, which is comparatively lower than the reported prevalence in Europe and North America. Asthma has a negative impact on quality of life, and is associated with high levels of co-morbid diseases, indicating ...
In adjusted models, NHB children were significantly less likely to receive a written asthma action plan (OR 0.48; 95% CI 0.31-0.76) than NHW children. In contrast, among adults, we found no statistically significant difference in the provision of asthma action plan. Additionally, we found no ...
is no clear evidence that patients with asthma are at a higher risk of being infected with SARS-CoV-2,1, 2, 3 although recent reports from the United States suggest that asthma is much more common in children and adults with COVID-19 than it was previously reported in China and Europe....