Two-Year Follow-Up Study of the Effect of Acid Fog on Adult Asthma Patients.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of smoking on lung function decline in adult-onset asthma in a clinical, 12-year follow-up study.In the Seinäjoki Adult Asthma Study, 203 patients were followed for 12 years (1999–2013) after diagnosis of new-onset adult asthma. Patients were divided into two groups based on smoking history: <10 or ≥10 pack-years. Spirometry evaluation points were: 1) baseline, 2) the maximum lung function during the first 2.5 years after diagnosis (Max0–2.5) and 3) after 12 years of follow-up.Between Max0–2.5 and follow-up, the median annual decline in absolute forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) was 36 mL in the group of patients with <10 pack-years of smoking and 54 mL in those with smoking history ≥10 pack-years (p=0.003). The annual declines in FEV1 % pred (p=0.006), forced vital capacity (FVC) (p=0.035) and FEV1/FVC (p=0.045) were also accelerated in the group of patients with ≥10 pack-years smoked. In multivariate regression analysis, smoking history ≥10 pack-years became a significant predictor of accelerated decline in FEV1.Among patients with clinically defined adult-onset asthma, smoking history ≥10 pack-years is associated with accelerated loss of lung function.

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Self-reported reasons for treatment non-adherence in Chinese asthma patients: A 24-week prospective telephone follow-up study

The Clinical Respiratory Journal ◽

10.1111/crj.12525 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 262-268 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Qianli Ma ◽

Guangming Luo ◽

Xiangdong Zhou ◽

Ying Huang ◽

Enmei Liu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Follow Up Study ◽

Asthma Patients

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Allergic Rhinitis: Natural History. A Twenty Years Follow up Study

European Journal of Inflammation ◽

10.1177/1721727x0300100105 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 17-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

D. Passàli ◽

V. Damiani ◽

G.C. Passàli ◽

F.M. Passàli ◽

L. Bellussi

Keyword(s):

Allergic Rhinitis ◽

Natural History ◽

Symptomatic Treatment ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

Asthma Patients ◽

Lower Airways ◽

The Relationship

Although there is an agreement on the increase of the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in last decades, data emerging from various studies appear to be widely dishomogeneous. Another point that needs a clarification is the relationship between allergic rhinitis and lower airways pathologies such as asthma or bronchitis. In this study, we followed the evolution of allergic rhinitis in a group of patients in the last 20 years to highlight the efficacy of different treatments in the prevention of complications, specifically asthma. Patients who didn't receive any kind of treatment experimented a remission of symptoms in 4 cases, a stability of the disease in 6 and the development of complications in 11. In the group treated with symptomatic drugs we highlighted a recovery in 11 patients, a stability of symptoms in 2 and complications in 2. At last, patients undergone immunotherapy considered their symptoms improved in 60 % and stable in 40 % of cases. In conclusion, Immunotherapy guarantees, in a large number of patients, remission of local symptoms and valid protection against district and bronchial complications. Symptomatic treatment with antihistamines and/or cortisones represents a valid alternative, and it's always to be preferred to abstention from any treatment.

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Adult asthma after non-respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis in infancy: Subgroup analysis of the 20-year prospective follow-up study

Pediatrics International ◽

10.1111/j.1442-200x.2007.02340.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 190-195 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

EIJA PIIPPO-SAVOLAINEN ◽

MATTI KORPPI ◽

KAJ KORHONEN ◽

SAMI REMES

Keyword(s):

Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽

Subgroup Analysis ◽

Adult Asthma ◽

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Syncytial Virus

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Prognosis of adult asthma: a 7-year follow-up study

Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology ◽

10.1016/j.anai.2015.02.010 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 114 (5) ◽

pp. 370-373 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Zeynep Çelebi Sözener ◽

Ömür Aydın ◽

Dilşad Mungan ◽

Zeynep Mısırlıgil

Keyword(s):

Adult Asthma ◽

Follow Up Study

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Predicting future risk of exacerbations in Japanese patients with adult asthma: A prospective 1-year follow up study

Allergology International ◽

10.1016/j.alit.2017.02.013 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 66 (4) ◽

pp. 568-573 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Akihiko Tanaka ◽

Tomoki Uno ◽

Haruna Sato ◽

Megumi Jinno ◽

Kuniaki Hirai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Japanese Patients ◽

Adult Asthma ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Future Risk

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Electron Microscopy of Human Gallstones

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100065523 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 296-297

Author(s):

C. Wolpers ◽

R. Blaschke

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Bile Pigment ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Triclinic Crystal System ◽

X Ray ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Infra Red ◽

Main Components

Scanning microscopy was used to study the surface of human gallstones and the surface of fractures. The specimens were obtained by operation, washed with water, dried at room temperature and shadowcasted with carbon and aluminum. Most of the specimens belong to patients from a series of X-ray follow-up study, examined during the last twenty years. So it was possible to evaluate approximately the age of these gallstones and to get information on the intensity of growing and solving.Cholesterol, a group of bile pigment substances and different salts of calcium, are the main components of human gallstones. By X-ray diffraction technique, infra-red spectroscopy and by chemical analysis it was demonstrated that all three components can be found in any gallstone. In the presence of water cholesterol crystallizes in pane-like plates of the triclinic crystal system.

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