Diette GB, McCormack MC, Hansel NN, Breysse PN, Matsui EC. Environmental issues in managing asthma. Respir Care. 2008;53(5): p.602-15; discussion 616-7. Review.
... Management of asthma requires attention to environmental exposures both indoors and outdoors. Americans spend most of their time indoors, where they have a greater ability to modify their environment. The indoor environment contains both pollutants (eg, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, secondha ...
... Management of asthma requires attention to environmental exposures both indoors and outdoors. Americans spend most of their time indoors, where they have a greater ability to modify their environment. The indoor environment contains both pollutants (eg, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, secondha ...
Dental Hygiene OSHA Manual
... obligations on dentists. The material on the following pages explains these obligations and what you must do to comply if you are an employer with one or more employees. As you know, the use of personal protective equipment to protect against bloodborne pathogens (e.g., gloves, gowns, masks and eyew ...
... obligations on dentists. The material on the following pages explains these obligations and what you must do to comply if you are an employer with one or more employees. As you know, the use of personal protective equipment to protect against bloodborne pathogens (e.g., gloves, gowns, masks and eyew ...
Book in PDF format
... pneumonitis. Results obtained and presented in this study are named as “Macedonian Study” by some Scandinavian authors. In 1984 was conferred the degree sub-specialist of allergology and clinical immunology and 1993 he added allergology and pulmology to the list of his specialties. Since 1993 he is ...
... pneumonitis. Results obtained and presented in this study are named as “Macedonian Study” by some Scandinavian authors. In 1984 was conferred the degree sub-specialist of allergology and clinical immunology and 1993 he added allergology and pulmology to the list of his specialties. Since 1993 he is ...
Management of Acute and Chronic Cough in the Ambulatory Care
... Roughly 40 million Americans (5% to 22% of the US population) suffer from allergic rhinitis. Approximately 2.5% of all patient care visits to physicians are related to this condition.11 Each year in the United States, more than $1 billion are spent on drugs and 34 million work days and 824,000 schoo ...
... Roughly 40 million Americans (5% to 22% of the US population) suffer from allergic rhinitis. Approximately 2.5% of all patient care visits to physicians are related to this condition.11 Each year in the United States, more than $1 billion are spent on drugs and 34 million work days and 824,000 schoo ...
An Update and Review of the Diagnosis and Management of Syphilis
... It has also become well recognized that STDs such as syphilis interact synergistically with HIV. The likelihood of HIV acquisition by an HIV-negative individual is markedly increased in the presence of syphilis or other sexually transmitted infections [Quinn 1990]. Similarly, in the presence of a ge ...
... It has also become well recognized that STDs such as syphilis interact synergistically with HIV. The likelihood of HIV acquisition by an HIV-negative individual is markedly increased in the presence of syphilis or other sexually transmitted infections [Quinn 1990]. Similarly, in the presence of a ge ...
PERIODONTAL PATHOLOGY
... 2) Gingival diseases modified by systemic factors a) Associated with endocrine system 4) Diabetes mellitus associated gingivitis Examples: I Role of diabetes in periodontal disease II Periodontal disease in diabetic patients. Increased risk of periodontal abscess, increased gingival reaction to plaq ...
... 2) Gingival diseases modified by systemic factors a) Associated with endocrine system 4) Diabetes mellitus associated gingivitis Examples: I Role of diabetes in periodontal disease II Periodontal disease in diabetic patients. Increased risk of periodontal abscess, increased gingival reaction to plaq ...
Optimal asthma control, starting with high doses of inhaled budesonide
... in the previous 6 months, but were excluded if there had been significant clinical deterioration during the previous month, or if there was significant other illness such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis. Subjects underwent a run-in period of 28 days, which could be shortened to 7 days if necessar ...
... in the previous 6 months, but were excluded if there had been significant clinical deterioration during the previous month, or if there was significant other illness such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis. Subjects underwent a run-in period of 28 days, which could be shortened to 7 days if necessar ...
Asthma Control General Practice Guidelines 2012
... should be no more than occasional recurrence of symptoms and severe exacerbations should be rare. Asthma in Ireland is characterised by high disease prevalence, suboptimal control in the majority of patients, low uptake of objective lung function tests for diagnosis and management, infrequent use of ...
... should be no more than occasional recurrence of symptoms and severe exacerbations should be rare. Asthma in Ireland is characterised by high disease prevalence, suboptimal control in the majority of patients, low uptake of objective lung function tests for diagnosis and management, infrequent use of ...
Therapeutic Options for Uncontrolled Asthma
... with increased cytokine production. There might also be hormonal significance since anxiety and insomnia are more common among women with asthma.50 Irrespective of these contrasting observations, it is crucial to integrate these psychopathological states (fear, mood disturbance, anxiety, depression, ...
... with increased cytokine production. There might also be hormonal significance since anxiety and insomnia are more common among women with asthma.50 Irrespective of these contrasting observations, it is crucial to integrate these psychopathological states (fear, mood disturbance, anxiety, depression, ...
Clinical Guidelines
... tests will detect antibodies to both HIV-1 and HIV-2 (HIV-2 is very rare in Southern Africa, but should be considered if HIV was acquired in West Africa – special tests are required to diagnose HIV-2, discuss with the laboratory). The most frequently used method to detect antibodies in the laborator ...
... tests will detect antibodies to both HIV-1 and HIV-2 (HIV-2 is very rare in Southern Africa, but should be considered if HIV was acquired in West Africa – special tests are required to diagnose HIV-2, discuss with the laboratory). The most frequently used method to detect antibodies in the laborator ...
A National Asthma Public Policy Agenda
... intervention reduces the suffering and death that asthma can inflict, as well as prevent workplace-induced asthma. Currently, 22.9 million Americans have asthma, including 6.8 million children. 5 In 2005, 3,884 people died of asthma, a disease that should not kill anyone. 6 Children with asthma miss ...
... intervention reduces the suffering and death that asthma can inflict, as well as prevent workplace-induced asthma. Currently, 22.9 million Americans have asthma, including 6.8 million children. 5 In 2005, 3,884 people died of asthma, a disease that should not kill anyone. 6 Children with asthma miss ...
Herpes Simplex Virus – Genital
... The term nonprimary HSV infection most often refers to infection with HSV-1 or HSV-2 in an individual with pre-existing antibodies to the other virus. For example, a person may acquire oral HSV-1 infection as a child and later acquire genital HSV-2 as an adult. Manifestations of nonprimary infection ...
... The term nonprimary HSV infection most often refers to infection with HSV-1 or HSV-2 in an individual with pre-existing antibodies to the other virus. For example, a person may acquire oral HSV-1 infection as a child and later acquire genital HSV-2 as an adult. Manifestations of nonprimary infection ...
British Guideline on the Management of Asthma May 2008
... in patients with a low probability of asthma, whose symptoms are thought to be due to an alternative diagnosis, investigate and manage accordingly. Reconsider the diagnosis of asthma in those who do not respond. the preferred approach in patients with an intermediate probability of having asthma ...
... in patients with a low probability of asthma, whose symptoms are thought to be due to an alternative diagnosis, investigate and manage accordingly. Reconsider the diagnosis of asthma in those who do not respond. the preferred approach in patients with an intermediate probability of having asthma ...
Health Systems Research _____ _ - Archive of European Integration
... Besides the COMAC-HSR study, other activities in the European region are also concerned with the economic aspects of AIDS. To avoid unnecessary duplication and to coordinate the planning of international research, an exchange between these projects has been arranged. One study focuses more on the me ...
... Besides the COMAC-HSR study, other activities in the European region are also concerned with the economic aspects of AIDS. To avoid unnecessary duplication and to coordinate the planning of international research, an exchange between these projects has been arranged. One study focuses more on the me ...
Butz AM, Huss K, Mudd K, Donithan M, Rand C, Bollinger ME. Asthma management practices at home in young inner-city children. J Asthma. 2004;41(4): p.433-44.
... the United States (1,2). The burden of pediatric asthma is associated with high health care costs. Children with asthma incurred 88% more costs, filled 2.77 times as many prescriptions, and made 65% more nonurgent outpatient visits compared with a general pediatric population attending a health main ...
... the United States (1,2). The burden of pediatric asthma is associated with high health care costs. Children with asthma incurred 88% more costs, filled 2.77 times as many prescriptions, and made 65% more nonurgent outpatient visits compared with a general pediatric population attending a health main ...
5 Dermatology - University of Birmingham
... The ICD 9 codes for ‘diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissues’ are of limited use but those categories highlighted in Appendix I are likely to cover the nine most common disease sub-categories. ICD 10 codes for ‘diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissues’ are more comprehensive than ICD 9 bu ...
... The ICD 9 codes for ‘diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissues’ are of limited use but those categories highlighted in Appendix I are likely to cover the nine most common disease sub-categories. ICD 10 codes for ‘diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissues’ are more comprehensive than ICD 9 bu ...
Asthma - National First Aid
... • Staff can respond to the needs of those who have not been diagnosed with asthma and who may be having an asthma attack or difficulty breathing. NFA - Asthma presentation – Feb 2013 Copyright NFA ...
... • Staff can respond to the needs of those who have not been diagnosed with asthma and who may be having an asthma attack or difficulty breathing. NFA - Asthma presentation – Feb 2013 Copyright NFA ...
Asthma Deaths
... and increased carbon dioxide, and pulmonary hypertension with subsequent right ventricular systolic overload. The prevalence of asthma (approximately 3–5% in the population) is continuously rising. To a certain degree, this rise can be attributed to improvements in diagnosis, but environmental facto ...
... and increased carbon dioxide, and pulmonary hypertension with subsequent right ventricular systolic overload. The prevalence of asthma (approximately 3–5% in the population) is continuously rising. To a certain degree, this rise can be attributed to improvements in diagnosis, but environmental facto ...
Moving Asthma Issues Forward - The Asthma Society of Canada
... This survey was given to NAPA members across the country, who participated voluntarily. The resulting sample is representative of the NAPA membership; however the NAPA membership is not necessairly a representative sample of Canadians with asthma, or the overall Canadian population. In particular, N ...
... This survey was given to NAPA members across the country, who participated voluntarily. The resulting sample is representative of the NAPA membership; however the NAPA membership is not necessairly a representative sample of Canadians with asthma, or the overall Canadian population. In particular, N ...