Management of asthma in athletes
... pollutants (eg, carbon dioxide, smoke, ozone), respiratory infections, aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), inhaled irritants (eg, cigarette smoke, household cleaning fumes, chlorine in a swimming pool), particulate exposure (eg, ambient air pollutants, ice rink pollution), and ex ...
... pollutants (eg, carbon dioxide, smoke, ozone), respiratory infections, aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), inhaled irritants (eg, cigarette smoke, household cleaning fumes, chlorine in a swimming pool), particulate exposure (eg, ambient air pollutants, ice rink pollution), and ex ...
Chronic inactive hepatitis B
... Isolates from all over the world have now been grouped into 6 main types, each with several subtypes, based on sequence data. o Types 1-3 account for almost all infections in Europe, o type 4 is prevalent in Egypt & Zaire, o type 5 in South Africa & type 6 in Hong Kong. It is not yet clear wheth ...
... Isolates from all over the world have now been grouped into 6 main types, each with several subtypes, based on sequence data. o Types 1-3 account for almost all infections in Europe, o type 4 is prevalent in Egypt & Zaire, o type 5 in South Africa & type 6 in Hong Kong. It is not yet clear wheth ...
Hepatitis A World Health Organization Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response
... Infections occur early in life in areas where sanitation is poor and living conditions are crowded. With improved sanitation and hygiene, infections are delayed and consequently the number of persons susceptible to the disease increases. Under these conditions explosive epidemics can arise from faec ...
... Infections occur early in life in areas where sanitation is poor and living conditions are crowded. With improved sanitation and hygiene, infections are delayed and consequently the number of persons susceptible to the disease increases. Under these conditions explosive epidemics can arise from faec ...
Asthma-Friendly Child Care Center Recognition Application
... opportunity to improve their overall health and well-being. For children with asthma, an inflammatory lung disease, your role can benefit a child for a lifetime! Young children usually have the most difficulty with asthma. There are several reasons for this: The airways of younger children are sma ...
... opportunity to improve their overall health and well-being. For children with asthma, an inflammatory lung disease, your role can benefit a child for a lifetime! Young children usually have the most difficulty with asthma. There are several reasons for this: The airways of younger children are sma ...
State of Lung Disease in Diverse Communities 2010
... Hospital rates for RSV in American Indians and Alaska Natives are three times higher than that for the general population. • African Americans are three times more likely to have, and 17 times more likely to die, from sarcoidosis than Caucasian.26,27 The cause of the disease is still a mystery, but ...
... Hospital rates for RSV in American Indians and Alaska Natives are three times higher than that for the general population. • African Americans are three times more likely to have, and 17 times more likely to die, from sarcoidosis than Caucasian.26,27 The cause of the disease is still a mystery, but ...
Acne Vulgarispresentation
... production, follicular desquamation, bacterial proliferation and inflammation. ...
... production, follicular desquamation, bacterial proliferation and inflammation. ...
Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Urinary Tract
... Escherichia coli is the most common pathogen isolated from women and Proteus mirabilis the most common pathogen isolated from men. Other frequently encountered pathogens include Klebsiella pneumoniae, Citrobacter species, Enterobacter species, Serratia species, Providencia stuartii, Morganella m ...
... Escherichia coli is the most common pathogen isolated from women and Proteus mirabilis the most common pathogen isolated from men. Other frequently encountered pathogens include Klebsiella pneumoniae, Citrobacter species, Enterobacter species, Serratia species, Providencia stuartii, Morganella m ...
Cirrhosis Of The Liver - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
... hepatitis C, is due to a viral infection that causes inflammation and damage to the liver. Chronic infection can lead to damage and inflammation, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. The hepatitis B virus spreads through contact with infected blood, such as by needlestick accident, injection drug use, or receiv ...
... hepatitis C, is due to a viral infection that causes inflammation and damage to the liver. Chronic infection can lead to damage and inflammation, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. The hepatitis B virus spreads through contact with infected blood, such as by needlestick accident, injection drug use, or receiv ...
Coinfection with Hepatitis C Virus among HIV-1
... In addition, the varied immune response during HIV-1 and HCV infections as well as modulation of certain cytokines and chemokines such as IFN-γ, MCP-3, and MIP-3α, are significant factors in the altered pathogenesis of HIV-1 and HCV coinfection [20,21]. In a decade long study comparing HIV-1 mono-in ...
... In addition, the varied immune response during HIV-1 and HCV infections as well as modulation of certain cytokines and chemokines such as IFN-γ, MCP-3, and MIP-3α, are significant factors in the altered pathogenesis of HIV-1 and HCV coinfection [20,21]. In a decade long study comparing HIV-1 mono-in ...
The Role of the Skin Microbiome in Atopic Dermatitis
... has a unique skin microbiome based in part upon life experiences and in part upon factors genetically predetermined by the host. The skin microbiome has been investigated extensively for its role in communicating with the immune response. S. epidermidis, a highly abundant commensal bacteria, has bee ...
... has a unique skin microbiome based in part upon life experiences and in part upon factors genetically predetermined by the host. The skin microbiome has been investigated extensively for its role in communicating with the immune response. S. epidermidis, a highly abundant commensal bacteria, has bee ...
Direct Laboratory Notification of Communicable Diseases
... just because of the information it provides us on broad trends in these diseases, but more importantly because it is the trigger for actions to control outbreaks, and hence protect the health of our communities. More complete and speedy reporting of diseases allows more complete and speedy responses ...
... just because of the information it provides us on broad trends in these diseases, but more importantly because it is the trigger for actions to control outbreaks, and hence protect the health of our communities. More complete and speedy reporting of diseases allows more complete and speedy responses ...
PDF - American College of Allergy, Asthma and
... of infections could occur. A more serious or even fatal course of chickenpox or measles can occur in susceptible patients It is possible that systemic corticosteroid effects such as hypercorticism and adrenal suppression may occur, particularly at higher doses. Particular care is needed for patients ...
... of infections could occur. A more serious or even fatal course of chickenpox or measles can occur in susceptible patients It is possible that systemic corticosteroid effects such as hypercorticism and adrenal suppression may occur, particularly at higher doses. Particular care is needed for patients ...
How is cirrhosis treated?
... time that can lead to cirrhosis. Chronic hepatitis B and D. The hepatitis B virus is a liver infection that is spread by contact with an infected person’s blood, semen, or other body fluid. Hepatitis B, like hepatitis C, causes liver inflammation and injury that can lead to cirrhosis. The hepatitis ...
... time that can lead to cirrhosis. Chronic hepatitis B and D. The hepatitis B virus is a liver infection that is spread by contact with an infected person’s blood, semen, or other body fluid. Hepatitis B, like hepatitis C, causes liver inflammation and injury that can lead to cirrhosis. The hepatitis ...
Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia
... other causes, the diagnosis of drug-induced thrombocytopenia can easily be overlooked. On occasion, outpatients with drug-induced thrombocytopenia are treated for autoimmune thrombocytopenia and can have two or three recurrences before the drug causing the disorder is identified.1 In acutely ill, ho ...
... other causes, the diagnosis of drug-induced thrombocytopenia can easily be overlooked. On occasion, outpatients with drug-induced thrombocytopenia are treated for autoimmune thrombocytopenia and can have two or three recurrences before the drug causing the disorder is identified.1 In acutely ill, ho ...
Causes of bronchiectasis in children Authors: Khoulood Fakhoury
... Some indigenous populations, including natives of Polynesia, Alaska, Australia, and New Zealand, have prevalence rates of as high as 15 per 1000 children [6-9]. The relatively high rates of non-CF bronchiectasis in these populations has been attributed to environmental conditions such as overcrowdin ...
... Some indigenous populations, including natives of Polynesia, Alaska, Australia, and New Zealand, have prevalence rates of as high as 15 per 1000 children [6-9]. The relatively high rates of non-CF bronchiectasis in these populations has been attributed to environmental conditions such as overcrowdin ...
Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia
... other causes, the diagnosis of drug-induced thrombocytopenia can easily be overlooked. On occasion, outpatients with drug-induced thrombocytopenia are treated for autoimmune thrombocytopenia and can have two or three recurrences before the drug causing the disorder is identified.1 In acutely ill, ho ...
... other causes, the diagnosis of drug-induced thrombocytopenia can easily be overlooked. On occasion, outpatients with drug-induced thrombocytopenia are treated for autoimmune thrombocytopenia and can have two or three recurrences before the drug causing the disorder is identified.1 In acutely ill, ho ...
IS IT PANDAS?
... (IgG) from PANDAS mice. Depletion of IgG from donor sera abrogates behavior changes. These functional disturbances link to the autoimmunity-‐related IgG1 subclass but are not attributable to differences in cytok ...
... (IgG) from PANDAS mice. Depletion of IgG from donor sera abrogates behavior changes. These functional disturbances link to the autoimmunity-‐related IgG1 subclass but are not attributable to differences in cytok ...
The Host Defense of Drosophila melanogaster
... by Swiss Academic Library Consortia on 01/22/09. For personal use only. ...
... by Swiss Academic Library Consortia on 01/22/09. For personal use only. ...
Guideline for - Toward Optimized Practice
... group never required antibiotics and 70% were symptomatically better at 72 hours. This compared to an 86% “symptom improved” rate in the treatment group. Immediate use of antibiotics was associated with one day shorter illness but no difference in school absence or pain scores. 31 Some experts recom ...
... group never required antibiotics and 70% were symptomatically better at 72 hours. This compared to an 86% “symptom improved” rate in the treatment group. Immediate use of antibiotics was associated with one day shorter illness but no difference in school absence or pain scores. 31 Some experts recom ...
Advancing the Science of Perceptual Accuracy
... a common data analytic strategy, but researchers are beginning to abandon it because of a variety of limitations, including inability to capture information regarding type of perceptual error (Fritz, Yeung, et al., 1996). Fritz and Wamboldt (1998) adapted Cox and colleagues’ error grid analysis for ...
... a common data analytic strategy, but researchers are beginning to abandon it because of a variety of limitations, including inability to capture information regarding type of perceptual error (Fritz, Yeung, et al., 1996). Fritz and Wamboldt (1998) adapted Cox and colleagues’ error grid analysis for ...
here - American Academy of Pediatrics
... educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 10.00 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program. This program is accredited for 10.00 NAPNAP CE contact hours of which 0 contain pharmaco ...
... educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 10.00 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program. This program is accredited for 10.00 NAPNAP CE contact hours of which 0 contain pharmaco ...
A Clinical Approach to Muscle Diseases
... transmission. Questions regarding family members’ use of canes or wheelchairs, skeletal deformities, functional limitations, and associated medical conditions are usually more informative than vague questions such as, ‘‘Does any member of your family have a muscle disease?’’ Particularly in some aut ...
... transmission. Questions regarding family members’ use of canes or wheelchairs, skeletal deformities, functional limitations, and associated medical conditions are usually more informative than vague questions such as, ‘‘Does any member of your family have a muscle disease?’’ Particularly in some aut ...
ACUTE ANTERIOR UVEITIS AND HLA-B27: INFECTIOUS BACKGROUND, SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION,
... (TNF)-α production in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was studied using whole blood culture assay. The levels of TNF-α in culture supernatants and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) in serum were determined by chemiluminescent immunoassay (Immulite). The monocyte surface express ...
... (TNF)-α production in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was studied using whole blood culture assay. The levels of TNF-α in culture supernatants and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) in serum were determined by chemiluminescent immunoassay (Immulite). The monocyte surface express ...