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Identifying predictors for referral to a physiotherapy service for children with difficult asthma
Discussion: Dysfunctional breathing is under-recognised but common in children with DA and specialist physiotherapy assessments are important. Screening tools to identify children who will benefit from specialist physiotherapy intervention require development.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 28, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Wells, C., Cartwright, M., Hirani, S., Marsh, G., Hall, P., Jamalzadeh, A., Sonnappa, S., Bush, A., Fleming, L., Saglani, S. Tags: Paediatric asthma and allergy Source Type: research

Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation in allergen safe outdoor environment on children and adolescents with mild to moderate persistent allergic asthma.
CONCLUSION: Two weeks of PRP in AllSOE significantly improved exercise capacity and reduced airway inflammation and airway hyperreactivity showing that even a short-term PRP within a proper environment could be effective and affordable management strategy for children and adolescents with mild to moderate asthma. PMID: 32546077 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Asthma - June 19, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research

Single Inhaler LABA/LAMA for COPD
Conclusions of that meta-analysis should be interpreted with great caution because of differences in population studied, and differences in primary and co-primary outcomes. A recent comparison meta-analysis was not conclusive due to the heterogeneity of phase III studies and the few number of studies for some of the investigated drugs (ACL/FF and GLY/FF in particular), but confirmed that dual bronchodilation was always more effective than LABA or LAMA alone, both in lung function and quality of life indices (Calzetta et al., 2016). This meta-analysis suggested that among the different FDCs may exist a gradient of effectiv...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - April 24, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

A randomized crossover study of sputum induction by physiotherapy and hypertonic saline techniques in asthmatic children
Conclusion: All techniques were safe when performed in asthmatic children and were useful to study inflammation in these patients. In addition, children were more collaborative and enthusiastic with physiotherapy.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 6, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Felicio Junior, E. L., Genaro, I. S., Cezario, J., Avona, M. D., Barnabe, V., Almeida, F. M., Bezerra, S. K. M., Eller, M. C. N., Rodrigues, J. C., Martins, M. A., Saraiva-Romanholo, B. M. Tags: Paediatric Asthma and Allergy Source Type: research