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SARS-CoV-2, a plus-sense single-stranded RNA virus, is the etiologic agent of COVID-19. After an incubation period, which typically lasts for 5-6 days, COVID-19 patients present with a mild illness that lasts for a few days. Common symptoms are reminiscent of the flu, and include fever, dry cough
INTRODUCTION:
Different forms of tobacco such as cigarettes, water pipe, chewing paan, gutka and naswar are used in Pakistan. According to Global Adult Tobacco Survey (2014), overall prevalence of tobacco use in Pakistan is 19.1% (23.9 million adults). 7 out of 10 adults and 5 out of 10 children are
Asthma is the most common chronic condition in Olympic athletes. Asthma is defined as a chronic inflammation in the airways associated with bronchial hyper responsiveness (BHR). It is suggested that there are two phenotypes of asthma among athletes; the classic asthma with early childhood onset and
Background:
Lung development and growth is a complexly orchestrated process starting prenatally in the first embryonic weeks, and ending, with the last important stages of alveolarization from the 24th week onwards. By the time of birth, around one third of the total amount of alveoli has developed,
The study does not modify the management of patients. Patients will be contacted by phone. The protocol, the modalities and the objectives of the study will be presented during a first telephone interview. A second telephone interview will be scheduled with the patient 3 days later for the
Asthma symptom control is suboptimal in the majority of children in the United States, despite widespread availability of asthma controller medications and standardized treatment guidelines. While deaths from asthma have declined, 53.7% of children with asthma continue to experience an exacerbation
Pulmonary Disorders, including both COPD & Restrictive Lung Disease (RLD) are often treated by limiting exposure to poor air quality, but there is no cure at this time. Most commonly, the patients are treated upon exacerbations, usually with some combination of inhalers, steroids, and medications
Asthma is a major and growing public health problem in Norway and beyond. The reason for the increased occurrence of asthma is still poorly understood. However, the disease is a result of a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. The current view of asthma pathogenesis is that
Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of childhood illness which attack the lower respiratory tract and develop bronchitis and pneumonia. Approximately 70% of infants are infected with RSV during their first year of life, and almost all children are infected at least
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children ,in children younger than six years it is difficult to diagnose asthma as pulmonary function tests can not be performed reliably before the age six .
Wheezing is one of the main symptoms of asthma. Young children with multiple trigger wheeze as
The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether the use of next generation rib orthosis belts (such as the RibFx) can improve patient outcomes following traumatic rib fractures within our population, whether it be by improving pain control, decreased respiratory complications, or increased patient
Flour is a complex organic dust consisting of one or a mixture of several cereal grains (wheat, rye, millet, barley, oats or corn cereal) that have been processed or ground by milling. In addition, flour may contain a diverse number of contaminants, such as silica, fungi and their metabolites
Human blood samples will be collected prospectively from 50 obese patients, who are enrolled and planning to undertake bariatric surgery in the Outpatient Bariatric Surgery Clinic at Tulane University, HSC (Christopher G. Ducoin, MD, MPH; Chair of Bariatric Surgery Clinic and Surgeon, and Shauna
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) include a variety of nanoscale membranous vesicles (exosomes, microvesicles, microparticles). EVs are released into the interstitial fluid from a wide variety of normal or diseased cells.
Analysis of EVs and their content maybe useful as disease biomarkers as they