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EAACI - European Rhinitis and Asthma Meeting. Brussels, Nov. 2010

ERAM / SERIN 2010

Date: 04 - 06 November 2010 Place: Brussels, Belgium Rhinosinusitis Valerie Lund Asthma Guidelines: Is there one for upper and lower airways? Guy F Joos Genetics of airway diseases John Holloway United airways disease-the viral perspective Sebastian Johnston Severe asthma phenotypes: therapeutic implications Guy Brusselle Phenotypes of CRS Claus Bachert Severe Rhinosinusitis Joaquim Mullol

Air Quality and Health - ERS

Air Quality and Health - European Respiratory Society

 Air Quality and Health

‘Air Quality and Health’ was published in September 2010 to coincide with the ERS Annual Congress in Barcelona. Part of the 2010 Year of the Lung initiative, it was created by the ERS Environment & Health Committee, primarily as a tool to empower physicians and other health professionals to promote better air quality and defend the health needs of patients and citizens but also to provide politicians, journalists and informed lay readers with an overview of the current knowledge about the nature and health consequences of the prevailing environmental problem of air pollution.
The booklet contains information on the degree of air pollution in Europe, the nature of its effects and the measures that are being (and should be) taken to combat it. Created in conjunction with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Basel, Switzerland) and the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (Barcelona, Spain), the booklet is available in a growing range of languages.


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Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting - Venice - Italy 2011 - Webcast EAACI

FAAM 2011

Date:  17-19 February 2011 Place:  Venice, Italy Hot Topics for Food Allergy Management:  The patients' perspective / New adrenaline auto-injectors for anaphylaxis Penny Jorgensen, Lynne Regent, Sabine Schnadt Pre-cautionary labelling:  Concerns and initiatives of Patient Organisations from around the world Maria Said Immunotherapy for food allergies:  what is effective Hugh A. Sampson New Perspectives about Immunological Pathways / Underlying Food induced anaphylaxis Manel Jordana Clinical utility of thresholds and CRD's  Carsten Bindslev-Jensen What is new in the Treatment of Eosinophilic Eosophagitis? Amal Assa'ad What makes an Antigen a Food Allergen? Clare Mills The Food Allergy Initiative - Hot Topic: Clinical Trials Mary Jane Marchisotto The Food Allergy Laurie Harada & Maria Laura Acebal

Approaches to Bronchitis

Edited by Marianna D. Gaça, ISBN 978-953-307-770-3, Hard cover, 70 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: October 21, 2011 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.5772/1538

The aim of this book is to present some recent and interesting findings in the field of bronchitis, which will serve as a supplement to the book Bronchitis. In particular, this volume focuses on the successful use and development of novel tools in the diagnostics and treatment of bronchitis. Contributions include clinical case studies, the impact of air pollution on bronchitis, the presentation and diagnosis of the respiratory disease eosinophilic bronchiolitis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, the development of a method for the swift detection of the infectious bronchitis virus and studies investigating the successful use of alternative medicines in the treatment of bronchitis. The editor would like to thank the authors of the chapters who have contributed to this book and hopes that this will book not only supplement the book on Bronchitis, but may increase interest in the subject.

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• Chapter 1  Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia/Kartagener Syndrome - Clinical and Genetic Aspectsby Masumi Akita
• Chapter 2  Eosinophilic Bronchiolitis in Asthma - A Patient with Bronchial Asthma in whom Eosinophilic Bronchitis and Bronchiolitis Developed During Treatmentby Yasutsugu Fukushima and Kuniyoshi Kamiya
• Chapter 3  Air Pollution Impact on Asthma and Bronchitis in Porto, Portugal, During the Year 2005by Azevedo, J.M.F. and Gonçalves, F.L.T.
• Chapter 4  Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for the Rapid Detection of Infectious Bronchitis Virusby Yong-Sheng Liu
• Chapter 5  Potential of the Phytomedicine Echinacea in the Treatment of Pulmonary Infections and Bronchitisby James Hudson
• Chapter 6  EPs 7630, a Herbal Drug Preparation for Treating Acute Bronchitis in Children and Adultsby H. Matthys and W. Kamin
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  Published online: 21 October, 2011
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Bronchial Asthma - Emerging Therapeutic Strategies

Edited by Elizabeth Sapey, ISBN 978-953-51-0140-6, Hard cover, 260 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 29, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Pulmonology
DOI: 10.5772/1077

Asthma remains a serious health concern for millions of people globally. Despite continuing research interest, there have been few advancements that impact clinically on patient care, potentially because asthma has been treated as a homogeneous entity, rather than the heterogeneous condition it is. This book introduces cutting-edge research, which targets specific phenotypes of asthma, highlighting the differences that are present within this disease, and the varying approaches that are utilized to understand it.

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• Chapter 1The Natural History of Asthmaby Elizabeth Sapey and Duncan Wilson
• Chapter 2Bronchial Challenge Testingby Lutz Beckert and Kate Jones
• Chapter 3Determination of Biomarkers in Exhaled Breath Condensate: A Perspective Way in Bronchial Asthma Diagnosticsby Kamila Syslová, Petr Kačer, Marek Kuzma, Petr Novotný and Daniela Pelclová
• Chapter 4Immune Mechanisms of Childhood Asthmaby T. Negoro, Y. Yamamoto, S. Shimizu, A. H. Banham, G. Roncador, H. Wakabayashi, T. Osabe, T. Yanai, H. Akiyama, K. Itabashi and Y. Nakano
• Chapter 5Allergic Asthma and Agingby Gabriele Di Lorenzo, Danilo Di Bona, Simona La Piana, Vito Ditta and Maria Stefania Leto-Barone
• Chapter 6Airway Smooth Muscle: Is There a Phenotype Associated with Asthma?by Gautam Damera and Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr.
• Chapter 7Fluoride and Bronchial Smooth Muscleby Fedoua Gandia, Sonia Rouatbi, Badreddine Sriha and Zouhair Tabka
• Chapter 8Management of Asthma in Childrenby Abdulrahman Al Frayh
• Chapter 9Mechanisms of Reduced Glucocorticoid Sensitivity in Bronchial Asthmaby Yasuhiro Matsumura
• Chapter 10Antioxidant Strategies in the Treatment of Bronchial Asthmaby Martin Joyce-Brady, William W. Cruikshank and Susan R. Doctrow
• Chapter 11Rehabilitation and Its Concernby Ganesan Kathiresan
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Conjunctivitis - A Complex and Multifaceted Disorder

Edited by Zdenek Pelikan, ISBN 978-953-307-750-5, Hard cover, 232 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: November 23, 2011 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.5772/1166

This book presents a number of interesting and useful aspects and facets concerning the clinical features, properties and therapeutical management of this condition. Dr. H. Mejía-López et al. present an interesting survey of the world-wide epidemiologic aspects of infectious conjunctivitis. Dr. U. Ubani evaluates conjunctival symptoms/signs participating in the clinical features of this disorder. Dr. A. Robles-Contreras et al. discuss immunologic aspects underlying possibly the conjunctivitis. Dr. Z. Pelikan presents the cytologic and concentration changes of some mediators and cytokines in the tears accompanying the secondary conjunctival response induced by the nasal challenge with allergen. Dr. S. Sahoo et al. summarize the treatment and pharmacologic control of particular clinical forms of conjunctivitis in general practice. Dr. S. Leonardi et al. explain the basic pharmacologic effects of leukotriene antagonists and their use for the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis. Dr. J.A. Capriotti et al. evaluate the therapeutical effects of various anti-adenoviral agents on the acute conjunctivitis caused by adenovirus. Dr. V. Vanzzini-Zago et al. assess the prophylactic use and efficacy of "povidone-iodium solution", prior the ocular surgery. Dr. F. Abazi et al. present the clinical features, diagnostic and therapeutical aspects of "neonatal conjunctivitis". Dr. I.A. Chaudhry et al. review the special sub-form of conjunctivitis, being a part of the "Trachoma". Dr. B. Kwiatkowska and Dr. M. Maślińska describe the clinical, pathophysiologic and immunologic features of conjunctivitis. Dr. S. Naem reviews the conjunctivitis form caused by Thelazia nematodes, occurring principally in animals.

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• Chapter 1Epidemiological Aspects of Infectious Conjunctivitisby Herlinda Mejía-López, Carlos Alberto Pantoja-Meléndez, Alejandro Climent-Flores and Victor M. Bautista-de Lucio
• Chapter 2Clinical Features of Infectious Conjunctivitisby Udo Ubani
• Chapter 3Allergic Conjunctivitis: An Immunological Point of Viewby Atzin Robles-Contreras, Concepción Santacruz, Julio Ayala, Eduardo Bracamontes, Victoria Godinez, Iris Estrada-García, Sergio Estrada-Parra, Raúl Chávez, Mayra Perez-Tapia, Victor M. Bautista-De Lucio and Maria C. Jiménez-Martínez
• Chapter 4Mediators and Some Cytokines in Tears During the Late Conjunctival Response Induced by Primary Allergic Reaction in the Nasal Mucosaby Zdenek Pelikan
• Chapter 5Cytologic Changes in Tears During the Late Type of Secondary Conjunctival Response Induced by Nasal Allergyby Zdenek Pelikan
• Chapter 6Management of Conjunctivitis in General Practiceby Soumendra Sahoo, Adnaan Haq, Rashmirekha Sahoo and Indramani Sahoo
• Chapter 7Leukotriene Antagonist Drugs as Treatment of Allergic Conjunctivitis and Comorbidities in Childrenby Salvatore Leonardi, Giovanna Vitaliti, Giorgio Ciprandi, Carmelo Salpietro and Mario La Rosa
• Chapter 8The Evaluation of Anti-Adenoviral Therapeutic Agents for use in Acute Conjunctivitisby J.A. Capriotti, J.S. Pelletier, K.P. Stewart and C.M. Samson
• Chapter 9Conjunctival Flora Before and After Application of 5% Povidone-Iodine Solutionby Virginia Vanzzini-Zago, Jorge Villar-Kuri, Víctor Flores Alvarado, Alcántara Castro Marino and Pérez Balbuena Ana Lilia
• Chapter 10Ophtalmia Neonatorumby Flora Abazi, Mirlinda Kubati, Blerim Berisha, Masar Gashi, Dardan Koçinaj and Xhevdet Krasniqi
• Chapter 11Trachoma and Conjunctivitisby Imtiaz A. Chaudhry, Yonca O. Arat and Waleed Al-Rashed
• Chapter 12Ocular Symptoms (Conjunctivitis, Uveitis) in Reactive Arthritisby Brygida Kwiatkowska and Maria Maślińska
• Chapter 13Thelazia Species and Conjunctivitisby Soraya Naem
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Peculiar Aspects of Rhinosinusitis

Edited by Gian Luigi Marseglia and Davide Paolo Caimmi, ISBN 978-953-307-763-5, Hard cover, 112 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: November 23, 2011 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subjectOtorhinolaryngology
DOI: 10.5772/1307

Rhinosinusitis has both a great practical interest and a broad significance due to the scientific complexity of the pathogenetic problems related to the disease, not yet completely resolved, and their implications for clinical treatment. This book highlights certain specific topics that usually are not clarified in other resources. The first chapter is devoted to the impoverished quality of life experienced by patients suffering from rhinosinusitis. The second chapter focuses on the microbiological aspects of rhinosinusitis, while the two subsequent chapters explain the peculiar aspects of chronic rhinosinusitis and of recurrent chronic rhinosinusitis. The first chapter of the second section of the book is dedicated to the imaging techniques used to visualize the nasal sinuses and the other to a medical topical type of treatment.

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• Chapter 1Rhinosinusitis - Its Impact on Quality of Lifeby Petr Schalek
• Chapter 2Microbiology Aspects of Rhinosinusitisby Agnieszka Magryś, Jolanta Paluch-Oleś and Maria Kozioł-Montewka
• Chapter 3Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Olfactory Dysfunctionby Huart Caroline, Franceschi Daniel and Rombaux Philippe
• Chapter 4Refractory Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Etiology & Managementby Mohannad Al-Qudah
• Chapter 5Imaging Rhinosinusitisby Heidi Beate Eggesbø
• Chapter 6Topical Membrane Therapy for Chronic Rhinosinusitisby Alan Shikani and Konstantinos Kourelis
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