Airway remodeling in asthma

KP Hough, ML Curtiss, TJ Blain, RM Liu, J Trevor… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways that may result from exposure to allergens
or other environmental irritants, resulting in bronchoconstriction, wheezing, and shortness of …

Asthma in the elderly and late‐onset adult asthma

RM Dunn, PJ Busse, ME Wechsler - Allergy, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Elderly asthmatics are at a higher risk for morbidity and mortality from their asthma than
younger patients. There are important age‐related physiologic and immunologic changes …

European resuscitation council guidelines for resuscitation 2015: section 4. Cardiac arrest in special circumstances

A Truhlář, CD Deakin, J Soar, GEA Khalifa, A Alfonzo… - Resuscitation, 2015 - Elsevier
Irrespective of the cause of cardiac arrest, early recognition and calling for help, including
appropriate management of the deteriorating patient, early defibrillation, high-quality …

Health impacts of climate change and health and social inequalities in the UK

J Paavola - Environmental Health, 2017 - Springer
This article examines how social and health inequalities shape the health impacts of climate
change in the UK, and what the implications are for climate change adaptation and health …

Prevalence of comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a meta-analysis

HL Yin, SQ Yin, QY Lin, Y Xu, HW Xu, T Liu - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: This study compares the prevalence rates of comorbidities between chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and non-COPD control patients reported in …

Asthma and gender: The female lung

FS Pignataro, M Bonini, A Forgione, S Melandri… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Asthma is a common chronic disease that affects over 300 million people worldwide,
resulting in a considerable socio-economic burden. Literature data suggest that asthma has …

Impact of comorbid conditions on asthmatic adults and children

A Kaplan, SJ Szefler, DMG Halpin - NPJ primary care respiratory …, 2020 - nature.com
Comorbid conditions (comorbidities) can complicate the diagnosis and management of
asthma. In different age groups, comorbid conditions can present varying challenges …

Blue journal conference. Aging and susceptibility to lung disease

VJ Thannickal, M Murthy, WE Balch… - American journal of …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
The aging of the population in the United States and throughout the developed world has
increased morbidity and mortality attributable to lung disease, while the morbidity and …

Prevalence of comorbidities in asthma and nonasthma patients: a meta-analysis

X Su, Y Ren, M Li, X Zhao, L Kong, J Kang - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Prevalence of Comorbidities in Asthma and Nonasthma Patients... : Medicine Prevalence of
Comorbidities in Asthma and Nonasthma Patients: A Meta-analysis : Medicine Log in or …

Asthma in the elderly: what we know and what we have yet to know

A Yáñez, SH Cho, JB Soriano, LJ Rosenwasser… - World Allergy …, 2014 - Springer
In the past, asthma was considered mainly as a childhood disease. However, asthma is an
important cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly nowadays. In addition, the burden of …