Pregnant moms’ colds may cause asthma in offspring
Research indicates that the more colds and other viral infections a woman has during pregnancy, the more likely her child is to have asthma. The more colds and other viral infections a woman…
Evaluation of the Modified Asthma Predictive Index in High-Risk Preschool Children
Background: Prediction of subsequent school-age asthma during the preschool years has proven challenging. Objective To confirm in a post hoc analysis the predictive ability of the modified Asthma Predictive Index (mAPI)…
Inhaled Corticosteroids and the Risk of Pneumonia in people with Asthma: A case control study
Abstract: Background: In clinical trials the use of inhaled corticosteroids is associated with an increased risk of pneumonia in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but whether the same is true…
Cost-effectiveness of primary prevention of paediatric asthma: a decision-analytic model
Abstract – Background: Many children stand to benefit from being asthma-free for life with primary (i.e., prenatally started) prevention addressing one environmental exposure in a unifaceted (UF) approach or at least…
Electronic health record-based assessment of oral corticosteroid use in a population of primary care patients with asthma
Abstract – Background: Oral corticosteroid prescriptions are often used in clinical studies as an indicator of asthma exacerbations. However, there is rarely the ability to link a prescription to its associated…
Diet and asthma: vitamins and methyl donors
Summary: Diet changes can partly explain the high burden of asthma in industrialised nations. Findings from experimental studies have stimulated many observational studies of the association between vitamins (A, C, D,…