Reduce Airway Smooth Muscle (ASM)
... • Describe the physiologic background of asthma and tissue effects of bronchial thermoplasty • Summarize the current treatment evidence for bronchial thermoplasty and indications/contraindications • Identify the various modalities of guided bronchoscopy and their utility ...
... • Describe the physiologic background of asthma and tissue effects of bronchial thermoplasty • Summarize the current treatment evidence for bronchial thermoplasty and indications/contraindications • Identify the various modalities of guided bronchoscopy and their utility ...
National Guidelines for Prevention and Management of HIV, STIs
... Despite many advances in the fight against and control of HIV/AIDS in the last decades, HIV/AIDS still remains a major health problem in developing countries. With about 206,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda, the expansion of antiretroviral treatment to reach all patients who meet the eligib ...
... Despite many advances in the fight against and control of HIV/AIDS in the last decades, HIV/AIDS still remains a major health problem in developing countries. With about 206,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda, the expansion of antiretroviral treatment to reach all patients who meet the eligib ...
NATA Position Statement Skin Diseases
... he nature of athletics exposes the skin of its participants to a wide variety of stresses. Trauma, environmental factors, and infectious agents act together to continually attack the integrity of the skin. Combined with the close quarters shared by athletes and generally poor hygiene practices, it i ...
... he nature of athletics exposes the skin of its participants to a wide variety of stresses. Trauma, environmental factors, and infectious agents act together to continually attack the integrity of the skin. Combined with the close quarters shared by athletes and generally poor hygiene practices, it i ...
Print this article - Bangladesh Journals Online
... The causative organism of syphilis is a spirochete bacterium, Treponema pallidum. The spread is by direct contact with a skin ulcer (chancre) of an infected person. This usually occurs through sexual contact with mucous membrane of genital area or mouth, but the disease also can be transmitted via a ...
... The causative organism of syphilis is a spirochete bacterium, Treponema pallidum. The spread is by direct contact with a skin ulcer (chancre) of an infected person. This usually occurs through sexual contact with mucous membrane of genital area or mouth, but the disease also can be transmitted via a ...
Current management of severe malaria
... Severe malaria is acute malaria with major signs of organ dysfunction and/or high level of parasitemia . In endemic areas, young children and pregnant women are at high risk for severe malaria. Older children and adults develop partial immunity after repeated infections; these groups are thus at rel ...
... Severe malaria is acute malaria with major signs of organ dysfunction and/or high level of parasitemia . In endemic areas, young children and pregnant women are at high risk for severe malaria. Older children and adults develop partial immunity after repeated infections; these groups are thus at rel ...
HIV and viral hepatitis co
... – Cirrhosis, liver failure, and HCC more common – Death rates higher – Vertical HCV transmission enhanced ...
... – Cirrhosis, liver failure, and HCC more common – Death rates higher – Vertical HCV transmission enhanced ...
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: Psychological Factors and Physical
... more stress in response to a subsequent exam period) than those who seroconverted. In contrast, Jabaaij et al (1993) found that greater perceived stress assessed after the second hepatitis B vaccination was associated with less antibody production (among those who seroconverted) in response to the t ...
... more stress in response to a subsequent exam period) than those who seroconverted. In contrast, Jabaaij et al (1993) found that greater perceived stress assessed after the second hepatitis B vaccination was associated with less antibody production (among those who seroconverted) in response to the t ...
Treatment of childhood Plasmodium falciparum malaria
... malaria-specific partial immunity gradually develops. In high-transmission areas, for example much of sub-Saharan Africa, immunity is built up during early childhood [4]. In such areas, much of the malarial morbidity and nearly all of the mortality affect young children [5]. Symptomatic malaria is l ...
... malaria-specific partial immunity gradually develops. In high-transmission areas, for example much of sub-Saharan Africa, immunity is built up during early childhood [4]. In such areas, much of the malarial morbidity and nearly all of the mortality affect young children [5]. Symptomatic malaria is l ...
center for global
... recruitment options from the “flatline” option in which no new patients are added to existing treatment rolls up to the option of recruiting 80 percent of those in need. We also contrast the cost of a policy that offers only the less expensive “first-line” therapy to the cost of a policy that contin ...
... recruitment options from the “flatline” option in which no new patients are added to existing treatment rolls up to the option of recruiting 80 percent of those in need. We also contrast the cost of a policy that offers only the less expensive “first-line” therapy to the cost of a policy that contin ...
An eye to the future: exhaled nitric oxide as a... of clinical outcomes in asthma EDITORIAL D.R. Taylor
... improvements resulting from ICS therapy were greatest in patients with high FeNO (.47 ppb), and at a cut-point of ,35 ppb there was a negative predictive value of 93% for a reduction in airway responsiveness with inhaled fluticasone. The relationship between increased FeNO and steroid response also ...
... improvements resulting from ICS therapy were greatest in patients with high FeNO (.47 ppb), and at a cut-point of ,35 ppb there was a negative predictive value of 93% for a reduction in airway responsiveness with inhaled fluticasone. The relationship between increased FeNO and steroid response also ...
8 - WHO archives - World Health Organization
... The worldwide resurgence of malaria has been extensively documented, and with 300-500 million cases occurring each year it is likely that more people are infected with malaria today in sub-Saharan Africa than any other time in history. This region of the world bears the brunt of disease burden: a he ...
... The worldwide resurgence of malaria has been extensively documented, and with 300-500 million cases occurring each year it is likely that more people are infected with malaria today in sub-Saharan Africa than any other time in history. This region of the world bears the brunt of disease burden: a he ...
It takes more than just a single target
... assay contributes to optimal treatment decisions for patient management2,5,18,19 ...
... assay contributes to optimal treatment decisions for patient management2,5,18,19 ...
COPD - Adirondack Area Network
... Mortality for average COPD exacerbation hospitalization: 5 to 14% Decompensation due to URI, ...
... Mortality for average COPD exacerbation hospitalization: 5 to 14% Decompensation due to URI, ...
Evidence-Based Public Health
... cancer mortality observed in the 1930s through 1950s were far more dramatic among men than among women, though by the 1950s, the mortality rate among women had begun to increase as well. It was noted that cigarette use had increased first in men and later among women. There appeared to be a delay of ...
... cancer mortality observed in the 1930s through 1950s were far more dramatic among men than among women, though by the 1950s, the mortality rate among women had begun to increase as well. It was noted that cigarette use had increased first in men and later among women. There appeared to be a delay of ...
Vaginal Discharge
... Trichomonas vaginalis - particularly common in young women attending the genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic and is frequently found in association with infection with N. gonorrhoeae. See also the separate articles on Chlamydial Genital Infection, Gonorrhoea and Trichomonas Vaginalis. ...
... Trichomonas vaginalis - particularly common in young women attending the genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic and is frequently found in association with infection with N. gonorrhoeae. See also the separate articles on Chlamydial Genital Infection, Gonorrhoea and Trichomonas Vaginalis. ...
