Effects of inactivated influenza vaccine on respiratory illnesses and asthma-related events in children with mild persistent asthma in Asia

Vol. 33, No. 1, March 2015 > Jaiwong
Charoen Jaiwong, Jarungchit Ngamphaiboon

Abstract

Background:    Acute asthmatic exacerbation and readmission may be associated with severe influenza infection and asthmatic children are a priority group for influenza vaccination. To date, our study is the first to evaluate the outcome of the influenza vaccine in asthmatic Asian children.

Swimming pool attendance is related to asthma among atopic school children: a population-based study

Research

Martin Andersson^12*, Linnea Hedman¹², Gunnar Nordberg¹, Bertil Forsberg¹, Kåre Eriksson¹ and Eva Rönmark¹²

Environmental Health 2015, 14:37  doi:10.1186/s12940-015-0023-x

Abstract

Background

By-products of water disinfectants have been suggested to cause asthma, especially in atopic children. However, studies on indoor swimming pool attendance and asthma in children have presented conflicting results. The present study examined the relationship between indoor swimming pool attendance and asthma among sensitized and non-sensitized children aged 11-12 years.

Uptake and impact of a clinical diagnostic decision support tool at an academic medical center

John S. Barbieri1 / Benjamin French1 / Craig A. Umscheid1

1Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Corresponding author: Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MS, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Mezzanine, Suite 50, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Phone: +215-349-8098, Fax: +215-349-5829, E-mail:(email)

©2015, Craig A. Umscheid et al., published by De Gruyter. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License. (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

Citation Information: Diagnosis. ISSN (Online) 2194-802X, ISSN (Print) 2194-8011, DOI: 10.1515/dx-2014-0058, March 2015

Abstract

Background: Use of differential diagnosis (DDX) generators may reduce the incidence of misdiagnosis-related harm, but there is a paucity of research examining the use and impact of such systems in real-world settings.

Allergic contact dermatitis caused by dorzolamide eyedrops

Clinical Ophthalmology

Authors Lee SJ, Kim M

Published Date April 2015 Volume 2015:9 Pages 575—577

DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S74555

Seung-Jun Lee, Moosang Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea

Abstract: The side effects of topical dorzolamide hydrochloride, such as conjunctivitis, eyelid edema, and eye lid irritation, are well known.

Evaluating the impact of an integrated computer-based decision support with person-centered analytics for the management of asthma in primary care: a randomized controlled trial

Robyn Tamblyn , Pierre Ernst , Nancy Winslade , Allen Huang , Roland Grad , Robert W. Platt , Sara Ahmed , Teresa Moraga ,Tewodros EgualeDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocu009

Abstract

Background Computer-based decision support has been effective in providing alerts for preventive care. Our objective was to determine whether a personalized asthma management computer-based decision support increases the quality of asthma management and reduces the rate of out-of-control episodes.

The Study Team for Early Life Asthma Research (STELAR) consortium ‘Asthma e-lab’: team science bringing data, methods and investigators together

Thorax doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206781

• Chest clinic

• Audit, research and guideline update

1. Adnan Custovic1, 
2. John Ainsworth2, 
3. Hasan Arshad3,4,5, 
4. Christopher Bishop6, 
5. Iain Buchan2,
6. Paul Cullinan7, 
7. Graham Devereux8, 
8. John Henderson9, 
9. John Holloway4,
10. Graham Roberts3,5,10, 
11. Steve Turner8, 
12. Ashley Woodcock1, 
13. Angela Simpson1

+¹Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester and University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
²Centre for Health Informatics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
³David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK
⁴Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK
⁵NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
⁶Microsoft Research Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
⁷Imperial College, London, UK
⁸Child Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
⁹School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
¹⁰Human Developmental and Health Academic Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK

1. Correspondence to Professor Adnan Custovic, University of Manchester, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester M23 9LT, UK; adnan.custovic@manchester.ac.uk

Abstract

We created Asthma e-Lab, a secure web-based research environment to support consistent recording, description and sharing of data, computational/statistical methods and emerging findings across the five UK birth cohorts. The e-Lab serves as a data repository for our unified dataset and provides the computational resources and a scientific social network to support collaborative research.

Maternal depressive symptoms across early childhood and asthma in school children: findings from a longitudinal Australian population based study

• PLoS One
• v.10(3); 2015
• PMC4374762

PLoS One. 2015; 10(3): e0121459.Published online 2015 Mar 26. doi:  10.1371/journal.pone.0121459PMCID: PMC4374762
Rebecca Giallo,#1,* Salma Bahreinian,#2 Stephanie Brown,#1 Amanda Cooklin,#3 Dawn Kingston,#2 and Anita Kozyrskyj#2
Abstract

There is a growing body of evidence attesting to links between early life exposure to stress and childhood asthma. However, available evidence is largely based on small, genetically high risk samples. The aim of this study was to explore the associations between the course of maternal depressive symptoms across early childhood and childhood asthma in a nationally representative longitudinal cohort study of Australian children.