Question 1: Why do children still die from asthma?
Asthma is one of the commonest chronic conditions in children and can occasionally be fatal. Little has changed regarding the risk factors for children dying from asthma in the last 30 years. The majority of deaths from asthma occur in children from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. These should be preventable with better education of families, oversight of medication adherence and improved communication between health care professionals and families. More needs to be done to deliver basic messages more effectively about asthma management to the most vulnerable in communities around the world. (Source: Paediatr...
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - February 17, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ana Maria Herrera Gana, Dominic A. Fitzgerald Tags: Review Source Type: research
The toxicity of E-cigarettes and children ’s respiratory health
Electronic cigarettes (E-cig), also referred to as Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), were initially developed in 2003 to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco smoking. Since then, E-cig have become widely available in many countries and are used by many young people who would be unlikely to take up cigarette smoking. However, the adverse effects on child health remain largely unknown. E-cigs are available through regulated sale in many countries, but easily accessible by the internet in others. (Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews)
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - February 10, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Karin C. L ødrup Carlsen, Håvard O. Skjerven, Kai-Håkon Carlsen Tags: Review Source Type: research
“The toxicity of E-cigarettes and children’s respiratory health”
Electronic cigarettes (E-cig), also referred to as Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), were initially developed in 2003 to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco smoking. Since then, E-cig have become widely available in many countries, are used by many young people who would be unlikely take up cigarette smoking. However, the adverse effects on child health remain largely unknown. E-cigs are available through regulated sale in many countries, but easily accessible by the internet in others. (Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews)
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - February 10, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Karin C. L ødrup Carlsen, Håvard O Skjerven, Kai-Håkon Carlsen Tags: Review Source Type: research
Inhaled magnesium sulfate in the treatment of acute asthma in children
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterised by reversible airflow obstruction, with periods of relative control and episodes of deterioration referred to as exacerbations. Exacerbations range in severity from mild to life-threatening and may require emergency department management and brief hospitalisations. Although rare, admissions to intensive care, mechanical ventilation and deaths from severe acute asthma exacerbations do still occur [2]. (Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews)
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - February 2, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Rebecca Normansell, Rachel Knightly, Stephen J. Milan, Jennifer A. Knopp-Sihota, Brian H. Rowe, Colin Powell Tags: Cochrane Corner Source Type: research
Inhaled magnesium sulfate in the treatment of acute asthma in children
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterised by reversible airflow obstruction, with periods of relative control and episodes of deterioration referred to as exacerbations. Exacerbations range in severity from mild to life-threatening and may require emergency department management and brief hospitalisations. Although rare, admissions to intensive care, mechanical ventilation and deaths from severe acute asthma exacerbations do still occur[2]. (Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews)
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - February 2, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Rebecca Normansell, Rachel Knightly, Stephen J Milan, Jennifer A Knopp-Sihota, Brian H Rowe, Colin Powell Source Type: research
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Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - January 1, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Effect of foetal and infant growth and body composition on respiratory outcomes in preterm-born children
Body composition and growth outcomes of preterm-born subjects have been studied by many researchers. In general, preterm-born children have lower height and weight especially in infancy. Despite showing potential for catch-up growth, they continue to lag behind their term counterparts in adolescence and adulthood. The various methods of studying body composition and the differing gestations and ages at which it is assessed may go some way to explaining the inconsistent results observed in different studies. (Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews)
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - December 20, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sarah J. Kotecha, John Lowe, Sailesh Kotecha Tags: Review Source Type: research
Preschool wheeze, genes and treatment
Preschool wheeze is a common but poorly understood cause of respiratory morbidity that is both distinct from and overlaps with infantile bronchiolitis and school age asthma. Attempts at classification by epidemiology, pathophysiology, therapeutic response and clinical phenotype are imperfect and yet fundamental to both treatment choice and research design. The four main therapeutic classes for preschool wheeze, namely beta2 agonists, anticholinergics, corticosteroids and leukotriene modifiers are employed with variable and often scanty evidence base, with evidence for a genetic influence on response variations. (Source: Pa...
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - December 2, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Chinedu Nwokoro, Jonathan Grigg Tags: Review Source Type: research
What do patients want from their asthma care doctors?
One of the most important causes of asthma morbidity, hospital admissions, and death is non-adherence to prescribed therapy. It is generally assumed that adherence rates can be increased with asthma education, although well conducted studies have not always supported this assumption. Education can be achieved, or can fail, in many ways and no two patients have the same needs or perceived needs. In order to better understand what children with asthma and their parents or caregivers would desire as support from their physician providers, we conducted a survey of nearly 1000 parents of asthmatic children affiliated with the A...
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - November 16, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bruce K. Rubin, Wei Zhao, Tonya A. Winders Tags: Review Source Type: research
What do patients want from their asthma care doctors?
One of the most important causes of asthma morbidity, hospital admissions, and death is non-adherence to prescribed therapy. It is generally assumed that adherence rates can be increased with asthma education, although well conducted studies have not always supported this assumption. Education can be achieved, or can fail, in many ways and no two patients have the same needs or perceived needs. In order to better understand what children with asthma and their parents or caregivers would desire as support from their physician providers, we conducted a survey of nearly 1000 parents of asthmatic affiliated with the Asthma and...
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - November 16, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bruce K. Rubin MEngr, Wei Zhao, Tonya A. Winders Tags: Review Source Type: research
Left vocal cord paralysis after patent ductus arteriosus ligation: A systematic review
Extremely premature (EP) infants are at increased risk of left vocal cord paralysis (LVCP) following surgery for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). (Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews)
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - November 15, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Merete Salveson Engeseth, Nina Rydland Olsen, Silje Maeland, Thomas Halvorsen, Adam Goode, Ola Drange R øksund Tags: Review Source Type: research
Left Vocal Cord Paralysis After Patent Ductus Arteriosus Ligation: A Systematic Review
ContextExtremely premature (EP) born infants are at increased risk of left vocal cord paralysis (LVCP) following surgery for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). (Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews)
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - November 15, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Merete Salveson Engeseth, Nina Rydland Olsen, Silje Maeland, Thomas Halvorsen, Adam Goode, Ola Drange R øksund Tags: Review Source Type: research
