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van Esch HJ, van Zuylen L, Geijteman ECT, Oomen-de Hoop E, Huisman BAA, Noordzij-Nooteboom HS, Boogaard R, van der Heide A, van der Rijt CCD. Effect of Prophylactic Subcutaneous Scopolamine Butylbromide on Death Rattle in Patients at the End of Life: The SILENCE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2021; 326:1268-1276. [PMID: 34609452 PMCID: PMC8493437 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.14785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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IMPORTANCE Death rattle, defined as noisy breathing caused by the presence of mucus in the respiratory tract, is relatively common among dying patients. Although clinical guidelines recommend anticholinergic drugs to reduce the death rattle after nonpharmacological measures fail, evidence regarding their efficacy is lacking. Given that anticholinergics only decrease mucus production, it is unknown whether prophylactic application may be more appropriate. OBJECTIVE To determine whether administration of prophylactic scopolamine butylbromide reduces the death rattle. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was performed in 6 hospices in the Netherlands. Patients with a life expectancy of 3 or more days who were admitted to the participating hospices were asked to give advance informed consent from April 10, 2017, through December 31, 2019. When the dying phase was recognized, patients fulfilling the eligibility criteria were randomized. Of the 229 patients who provided advance informed consent, 162 were ultimately randomized. The date of final follow-up was January 31, 2020. INTERVENTIONS Administration of subcutaneous scopolamine butylbromide, 20 mg four times a day (n = 79), or placebo (n = 78). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was the occurrence of a grade 2 or higher death rattle as defined by Back (range, 0-3; 0, no rattle; 3, rattle audible standing in the door opening) measured at 2 consecutive time points with a 4-hour interval. Secondary outcomes included the time between recognizing the dying phase and the onset of a death rattle and anticholinergic adverse events. RESULTS Among 162 patients who were randomized, 157 patients (97%; median age, 76 years [IQR, 66-84 years]; 56% women) were included in the primary analyses. A death rattle occurred in 10 patients (13%) in the scopolamine group compared with 21 patients (27%) in the placebo group (difference, 14%; 95% CI, 2%-27%, P = .02). Regarding secondary outcomes, an analysis of the time to death rattle yielded a subdistribution hazard ratio (HR) of 0.44 (95% CI, 0.20-0.92; P = .03; cumulative incidence at 48 hours: 8% in the scopolamine group vs 17% in the placebo group). In the scopolamine vs placebo groups, restlessness occurred in 22 of 79 patients (28%) vs 18 of 78 (23%), dry mouth in 8 of 79 (10%) vs 12 of 78 (15%), and urinary retention in 6 of 26 (23%) vs 3 of 18 (17%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Among patients near the end of life, prophylactic subcutaneous scopolamine butylbromide, compared with placebo, significantly reduced the occurrence of the death rattle. TRIAL REGISTRATION trialregister.nl Identifier: NTR6264.
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- Harriëtte J. van Esch
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Laurens Cadenza, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Cancer Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Palliative Care Unit “de Regenboog,” Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Jackson DJ, Bacharier LB. Inhaled corticosteroids for the prevention of asthma exacerbations. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2021; 127:524-529. [PMID: 34400314 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2021.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To provide an overview of the risk factors and mechanisms underlying asthma exacerbations and the role of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) in preventing exacerbations. DATA SOURCES Queries for asthma exacerbations and ICSs were conducted using PubMed, searching for primary articles and reviews. STUDY SELECTIONS Studies written in English, with a focus on well-designed randomized controlled clinical trials. RESULTS Asthma exacerbations remain a major source of morbidity, with future exacerbations most likely among patients with previous exacerbations and among those with peripheral blood eosinophilia. Exacerbations are often triggered by viral respiratory tract infections, but recent evidence supports nonviral triggers as well. In terms of exacerbation prevention, several approaches to ICS therapy have been found to be effective, including intermittent high-dose ICS without use of background controller in preschool children with recurrent episodic wheezing, intermittent high-dose ICS without use of background controller in adults with mild asthma, and as-needed ICS dosing whenever rescue treatment is needed among children, adolescents, and adults with mild asthma not receiving daily controller therapy. CONCLUSION ICSs are highly effective in preventing exacerbations of asthma. Multiple dosing strategies have been found to reduce exacerbation risk, allowing for a personalization of approaches based on individual patient phenotypes and preferences.
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- Daniel J Jackson
- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee
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INTRODUCTION The use of cannabis, cocaine or heroin can be responsible for many respiratory complications including asthma. OBJECTIVES The aim of this systematic literature review of data was to expose the relations between cannabis, cocaine or heroin use and asthma. RESULTS Cannabis, cocaine or heroin use by inhalation may be responsible for respiratory symptoms (cough, wheezing), asthma onset, acute asthma exacerbations (which may require intubation and invasive ventilation) or deaths related to asthma. Lower adherence to asthma treatment is also observed. Cannabis induces a rapid bronchodilator effect. In contrast, its chronic use may induce a decrease in specific airway conductance. Studies on forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) reduction or decline are discordant. CONCLUSION Cannabis, cocaine or heroin use must be considered in cases of acute respiratory symptoms or asthma exacerbation in young persons and practitioners must help illicit substance users to stop their consumption.
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- M Underner
- Consultation de tabacologie, unité de recherche clinique, centre hospitalier Henri-Laborit, université de Poitiers, 370, avenue Jacques-Cœur, CS 10587, 86021 Poitiers cedex, France.
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- Service de pneumologie, CHR Metz-Thionville, 57038 Metz, France
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- Dispensaire Émile-Roux, CLAT 63, centre de tabacologie, 63100 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Consultation de tabacologie, unité de recherche clinique, centre hospitalier Henri-Laborit, université de Poitiers, 370, avenue Jacques-Cœur, CS 10587, 86021 Poitiers cedex, France
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Asthma guidelines provide clinicians with evidence-based management strategies for this chronic condition. The preferred therapy for patient with persistent asthma is inhaled corticosteroids. However, ∼40% of the patients with persistent asthma continue to present with symptoms while treated according to the guidelines. Multiple factors are being explored to explain the variability in response to inhaled corticosteroids including asthma phenotype and genetic predisposition among others. The nonatopic asthma phenotype has been described in the literature. These patients tend to have milder symptoms of asthma and typically outgrow their asthma by adolescence. They present with chronic asthma symptoms in the absence of a positive allergy test, either skin prick test or specific immunoglobulin E blood test. Although patients with nonatopic asthma share many characteristics with patients with atopic asthma, there are several studies that suggest a different inflammatory pathway may be involved in their pathophysiology. Therefore, it is possible that children with nonatopic asthma could respond differently to inhaled corticosteroids compared with those with atopic asthma. Currently there is a variable definition of this phenotype. Furthermore, there is a paucity of therapeutic trial directed toward the patients with nonatopic asthma specifically. Future research should be guided toward identifying the inflammatory pathways in nonatopic asthma and potential phenotype-guided therapies.
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- Division of Pulmonology, Nemours Children's Specialty Care, Jacksonville, Florida
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Chen L, Shi M, Deng Q, Liu W, Li Q, Ye P, Yu X, Zhang B, Xu Y, Li X, Yang Y, Li M, Yan Y, Xu Z, Yu J, Xiang L, Tang X, Wan G, Cai Q, Wang L, Hu B, Xie L, Li G, Xie L, Liu X, Liu C, Li L, Chen L, Jiang X, Huang Y, Wang S, Guo J, Shi Y, Li L, Wang X, Zhao Z, Li Y, Liu Y, Fu Q, Zeng Y, Zou Y, Liu D, Wan D, Ai T, Liu H. A multi-center randomized prospective study on the treatment of infant bronchiolitis with interferon α1b nebulization. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228391. [PMID: 32084142 PMCID: PMC7034796 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the main cause of bronchiolitis in infants and interferon (IFN) α is a commercial antiviral drug. The nebulization of IFN α1b could be a viable treatment method. In this study, the therapeutic effects and safety of IFN α1b delivery via nebulization in infant bronchiolitis were investigated in this multi-center prospective study. Methods and findings Bronchiolitis patients admitted to 22 hospitals who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled and randomly allocated to four groups: control, IFN Intramuscular Injection, IFN Nebulization 1 (1 μg/kg), and IFN Nebulization 2 (2 μg/kg) groups. All patients were observed for 7 days. The therapeutic effects and safety of different IFN delivery doses and delivery modes were evaluated. Coughing severity change, as scored by the researchers and parents, between days 1 and 3 was significantly different between the IFN Nebulization 2 and control groups. Lowell wheezing score change between days 3 and 5 was significantly different between IFN Nebulization 1 and control groups. There were no significant differences among the four groups regarding the number of consecutive days with fever, three-concave sign, fatigue and sleepiness, and loss of appetite. There were no cases of severe complications, no recurrence of fever, and no regression of mental status. Conclusions IFN-α1b could more effectively alleviate coughing and wheezing in bronchiolitis. IFN-α1b nebulization had significant advantages in shortening the duration of wheezing and alleviating coughing.
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- Lina Chen
- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- The First People’s Hospital of Yibin City, Yibin, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Suining Central Hospital, Suining, China
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- Sichuan Provincial Hospital for Women and Children, Chengdu, China
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- Chongzhou City People’s Hospital, Chongzhou, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- Panzhihua Central Hospital, Panzhihua, China
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- Liangshan First People’s Hospital, Xichang, China
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- Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- The First People’s Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, China
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- Guangyuan Central Hospital, Guangyuan, China
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- Mianyang Central Hospital, Mianyang, China
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- Chengdu First People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Jianyang City People’s Hospital, Jianyang, China
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- The Second People’s Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, China
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- The People’s Hospital of Leshan, Leshan, China
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- Chengdu Fifth People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Women’s & Children’s Central Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- The First People’s Hospital of Yibin City, Yibin, China
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- People’s Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Suining Central Hospital, Suining, China
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- Sichuan Provincial Hospital for Women and Children, Chengdu, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- Panzhihua Central Hospital, Panzhihua, China
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- Liangshan First People’s Hospital, Xichang, China
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- Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- The First People’s Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, China
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- Mianyang Central Hospital, Mianyang, China
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- Chengdu Women’s & Children’s Central Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- The First People’s Hospital of Yibin City, Yibin, China
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- People’s Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Sinosource Biopharmaceutical Inc., Chengdu, China
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- Sinosource Biopharmaceutical Inc., Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- * E-mail: (TA); (HL)
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Litonjua AA, Carey VJ, Laranjo N, Stubbs BJ, Mirzakhani H, O'Connor GT, Sandel M, Beigelman A, Bacharier LB, Zeiger RS, Schatz M, Hollis BW, Weiss ST. Six-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Antenatal Vitamin D for Asthma Reduction. N Engl J Med 2020; 382:525-533. [PMID: 32023372 PMCID: PMC7444088 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1906137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND We previously reported the results of a trial of prenatal vitamin D supplementation to prevent asthma and recurrent wheeze in young children, which suggested that supplementation provided a protective effect at the age of 3 years. We followed the children through the age of 6 years to determine the course of asthma and recurrent wheeze. METHODS In this follow-up study, investigators and participants remained unaware of the treatment assignments through the children's sixth birthday. We aimed to determine whether, when maternal levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were taken into account, children born to mothers who had received 4400 IU of vitamin D3 per day during pregnancy (vitamin D group) would have a lower incidence of asthma and recurrent wheeze at the age of 6 years than would those born to mothers who had received 400 IU of vitamin D3 per day (control group). Time-to-event methods were used to compare the treatment groups with respect to time to the onset of asthma or recurrent wheeze. Multivariate methods were used to compare longitudinal measures of lung function between the treatment groups. RESULTS There was no effect of maternal vitamin D supplementation on asthma and recurrent wheeze in either an intention-to-treat analysis or an analysis with stratification according to the maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D level during pregnancy. There was no effect of prenatal vitamin D supplementation on most of the prespecified secondary outcomes. We found no effects of prenatal supplementation on spirometric indexes. Although there was a very small effect on airway resistance as measured by impulse oscillometry, this finding was of uncertain significance. CONCLUSIONS Vitamin D supplementation during the prenatal period alone did not influence the 6-year incidence of asthma and recurrent wheeze among children who were at risk for asthma. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; VDAART ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00920621.).
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- Augusto A Litonjua
- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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- From the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (A.A.L.); the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (V.J.C., N.L., B.J.S., H.M., S.T.W.), Harvard Medical School (V.J.C., H.M., S.T.W.), the Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (G.T.O.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (M. Sandel) - all in Boston; the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (A.B., L.B.B.); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, San Diego (R.S.Z., M. Schatz); and the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (B.W.H.)
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Matsuda S, Tabata H, Enseki M, Furuya H, Niimura F, Mochizuki H. The Evaluation of Changes in the Breath Sound Spectrum with Bronchoconstriction and Bronchodilatation in Asthmatic Children. Tokai J Exp Clin Med 2019; 44:94-100. [PMID: 31768998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 09/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Focusing on the relative-middle sound area of the breath sound spectrum, the relationship between airway changes and breath sounds in asthmatic children was investigated. METHODS In Study 1, 77 children (6-16 years old) were included. The breath sound parameters, the ratio of the second area to the third area of the power spectrum (A2/A3) and the ratio of the third area to the fourth area (B3/B4) were evaluated 3 times, before and just after methacholine inhalation and after β2 agonist inhalation. Other breath sound parameters, the frequency limiting 99% of the power spectrum (F99), the rolloff from 600-1200 Hz (Slope) and the ratio of the third and fourth area to the total area under the curve (A3/AT and B4/AT), and the ratio of power and frequency at 50% and 75% of the highest frequency of the power spectrum (RPF75 and RPF50), were also evaluated. In Study 2, 91 children (6-16 years old) were included, with evaluations performed twice: before and after β2 a gonist inhalation. Spirography a nd forced o scillation technique were also performed. RESULTS In Study 1, A2/A3 and B3/B4 were significantly increased after methacholine inhalation and decreased after β2 agonist inhalation (p < 0.001, P < 0.001, respectively). In Study 2, A2/A3 and B3/B4 were significantly decreased after β2 agonist inhalation. These changes in A3/AT and B4/AT were the inverse of those in other spectrum curve indices. CONCLUSIONS A2/A3 and B3/B4, indicate the breath sound changes after bronchoconstriction and bronchodilatation. These parameters may be useful for assessing bronchial reversibility in asthmatic children.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan.
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Jones YO, Hubbell BB, Thomson J, O’Toole JK. Things We Do for No Reason: Systemic Corticosteroids for Wheezing in Preschool-Aged Children. J Hosp Med 2019; 14:774-776. [PMID: 31339838 PMCID: PMC6897538 DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wheezing is common in preschool-aged children (ages 2-5
years), with up to half in this age group having experienced a
wheezing episode and up to one-third, recurrent wheezing.1,2
Young children with wheezing require ED visits and hospitalizations
at much higher rates than older children and adults.3 Several
studies have also demonstrated that children in this age
group have higher rates of SCS prescriptions compared with
older children.4,5 Despite the high prevalence of wheezing in
this age group, there is great heterogeneity in the etiology and
clinical progression of early childhood wheezing, with up to six
described phenotypes each with varying levels of association
with the development of asthma.6 Given the high frequency of
asthma, preschool-aged children admitted with wheezing are
often treated with SCS, as this is the standard of care for an
acute asthma exacerbation.7
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- Yemisi O Jones
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Corresponding Author: Yemisi O Jones, MD; E-mail: ; Telephone: 412-965-9630
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Takeuchi H, Khan MA, Ahmad SM, Hasan SMT, Alam MJ, Takanashi S, Hore SK, Yeasmin S, Jimba M, Iwata T. Concurrent decreases in the prevalence of wheezing and Ascaris infection among 5-year-old children in rural Bangladesh and their regulatory T cell immunity after the implementation of a national deworming program. Immun Inflamm Dis 2019; 7:160-169. [PMID: 31256445 PMCID: PMC6688081 DOI: 10.1002/iid3.253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Epidemiological research on the prevalence of asthma and helminthic infections in various countries has led to the hypothesis that helminthic infections protect against asthma by suppressing the host's immune response. This study was conducted to elucidate whether decreased Ascaris infection following a national deworming program was associated with increased recurrent wheezing among rural Bangladeshi children and to test their anti-inflammatory immunity. METHODS This nested case-control study was conducted from December 2015 to October 2016 in the rural service area of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. Of the 1800 5-year old children randomly selected for the study, informed consent was obtained from the guardians of 1658 children. Data were collected using a semistructured questionnaire adopted from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood and blood samples for the analysis of regulatory T (Treg) cell immune responses and the balance between Th1 and Th2 immunity in Ascaris infections. RESULTS A total of 145 children were found to have wheezing, yielding a prevalence rate of 8.7%, which was significantly lower than the rate found in 2001 (16.2%, P < .001); Ascaris infection also decreased from 2001 to 2016. The 127 wheezing children who agreed to participate further were compared to 114 randomly selected never-wheezing children. Wheezing had a significant positive association with antibiotic use, history of pneumonia, parents' history of asthma, and Ascaris infection; children with Ascaris infection were twice as likely to have wheezing (adjusted odds ratio = 2.31, P = .053). Flow cytometry found no significant differences in the rates of Th1, Th2, and CD4 + CD25 + CD127low cells by the wheezing group. CONCLUSIONS Ascaris infection had a positive rather than a negative association with wheezing and the rates of wheezing and Ascaris infections both decreased from 2001 to 2016. These findings undermines the hypothesis that such infections provide protection against asthma.
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- Haruko Takeuchi
- Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Nutrition and Clinical Services DivisionInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease ResearchBangladesh
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- Nutrition and Clinical Services DivisionInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease ResearchBangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases DivisionInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease ResearchBangladesh
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- Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Centre for Equity and Health SystemInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease ResearchBangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases DivisionInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease ResearchBangladesh
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- Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Department of Education for Childcare, Faculty of Child StudiesTokyo Kasei UniversityTokyoJapan
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Shamsollahi HR, Ghoochani M, Jaafari J, Moosavi A, Sillanpää M, Alimohammadi M. Environmental exposure to endotoxin and its health outcomes: A systematic review. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2019; 174:236-244. [PMID: 30831472 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.02.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Exposure to endotoxin occurs environmentally and occupationally. There are several differences between them in terms of the variety and severity of health outcomes, possible exposed groups and type and route of exposure. Occupational exposures caused adverse health outcomes in almost all cases, but there is disparity in the incidence of significant health outcomes due to environmental exposure to endotoxin. This study has therefore endeavoured to investigate health outcomes from environmental exposure to endotoxin. A systematic review was conducted of three databases and non-occupational studies reporting the environmental concentration of endotoxin, and observed health outcomes in exposed groups were included in the review (n = 27). The studies showed that first exposure to endotoxin occurs in infancy by the inhalation route. Inhalation is the only exposure route that can induce inflammation as the main symptom of exposure to endotoxin. The studies included were conducted using four approaches: molecular immunology, measurement of lung volumes, clinical sensitisation test and diagnosis of asthmatic and respiratory symptoms such as wheezing. By the immunological approach, all the included studies reported that environmental exposure to endotoxin, especially at a younger age, has a protective effect on the incidence of asthma in adolescence. The main disparity observed was in studies using the approach of diagnosed asthma. Overall, however, they confirm the protective effect of exposure to endotoxin although, in the case of children with non-atopic asthma, the results could be different.
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- Hamid Reza Shamsollahi
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Alborz, Iran.
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- Laboratory of Green Chemistry, School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Sammonkatu 12, Mikkeli, Finland.
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Center for Water Quality Research (CWQI), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Health Equity Research Center (HERC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Three cases of postextubation stridor due to suspected laryngospasm are described in which a small dose of lignocaine injected intra-tracheally, through the cricothyroid membrane, produced rapid and effective relief of stridor with no early recurrence or side-effects. The procedure was performed safely and quickly and was well tolerated by patients. Transtracheal injection of local anaesthetic should be considered for treatment of postextubation stridor in adults, so long as there is no risk of pulmonary aspiration, and pathological causes of laryngospasm have been excluded.
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- K E Lewis
- Department of Anaesthesia, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
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Mercadante S, Marinangeli F, Masedu F, Valenti M, Russo D, Ursini L, Massici A, Aielli F. Hyoscine Butylbromide for the Management of Death Rattle: Sooner Rather Than Later. J Pain Symptom Manage 2018; 56:902-907. [PMID: 30172864 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Death rattle (DR) is a dramatic sign in the dying patient. Existing studies with anticholinergic agents are controversial, as this class of drugs has been commonly administered without considering the rationale of the mechanism of action. A meaningful use of these drugs may provide a better outcome. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of hyoscine butylbromide (HB), given prophylactically in comparison with HB administered once DR occurs. METHODS Dying patients having a score of ≥3 in the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale-palliative version were included in the study. HB (60 mg/day) was given when DR occurred (Group 1) or as pre-emptive treatment (Group 2). The onset of DR (death rattle free time) and intensity of DR were recorded at intervals until death. RESULTS Eighty-one and 51 patients were randomized to Group 1 and 2, respectively. Patients in Group 2 survived longer than those in Group 1 (P < 0.05). DR occurred in 49 (60.5%) and three patients (5.9%) in Group 1 and 2, respectively (P = 0.001). A significant difference in the number of patients reporting DR was found at intervals examined (30 minutes, one hour, and then every six hours until death [P = 0.001]). In Group 1 and 2, DR free time was 20.4 (20.5) and 27.3 hours (25.2), respectively (P = 0.001). In Group 1, the treatment was considered effective in 10 patients (20.4%) only, after a mean of 14.4 hours (SD 8.57). CONCLUSION The prophylactic use of HB is an efficient method to prevent DR, whereas the late administration produces a limited response, confirming data from traditional studies performed with anticholinergics. This could be considered a new paradigm to manage a difficult and dramatic sign, such as DR.
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- Sebastiano Mercadante
- Main Regional Center for Pain Relief and Supportive/Palliative Care, La Maddalena Cancer Center, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
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- Department of Life Health and Environmental Sciences, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, Section of Clinical Epidemiology and Environmental Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, Section of Clinical Epidemiology and Environmental Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- "Casa Margherita" Hospice, ASL 01 Avezzano-Sulmona-L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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Wu KG, Chang CY, Yen CY, Lai CC. Associations between environmental heavy metal exposure and childhood asthma: A population-based study. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2018; 52:352-362. [PMID: 30177433 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The health risks of environmental heavy metals have been of concern are well known. The greater likelihood of heavy metal contamination in the physical environment increases the risk of asthma, especially in children. This cross-sectional, population-based study sought to investigate associations between heavy metal exposure and childhood asthma or wheezing. METHODS Data from 5866 subjects, stratified into age groups of 2-5, 6-11, and 12-15 years, from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2012 conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were analyzed retrospectively. The primary outcome was active asthma. Variables included demographics, anthropometric, and clinical data. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify associations between blood heavy metal concentrations and adjusted odds (aORs) of active asthma. RESULTS Higher concentration of blood lead was associated with higher adjusted odds of having asthma (aOR = 1.08, 95% CI = 1.00-1.16), but no significant effect was shown for current wheezing or whistling. Age-stratified analysis showed that higher blood lead concentration was associated with higher risk for active asthma (aOR = 1.24, 95% CI = 1.08-1.42) and current wheezing or whistling (aOR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.04-1.38) in the 6-11 years age group, while higher blood mercury concentration was associated with lower risk of current wheezing or whistling (aOR = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.90-0.99). The medium concentration of blood lead was associated with decreased risks of current wheezing or whistling (aOR = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.30-0.96) in the 2-5 years age group. CONCLUSION Higher concentrations of blood lead are associated with higher odds of asthma in children aged 2-15 years.
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- Keh-Gong Wu
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wu H, Zhang C, Wang Y, Li Y. Does vitamin E prevent asthma or wheeze in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Paediatr Respir Rev 2018; 27:60-68. [PMID: 29108868 DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Asthma is a heterogeneous disease with multiple phenotypes. Epidemiologic studies suggest a close relationship between vitamin E and the occurrence of asthma, wheezing and atopic conditions during childhood. Previous results on its effects have been conflicting. The aim of this meta-analysis was to critically examine the current evidence on the association of vitamin E with childhood asthma and wheezing. We searched electronic databases for observational studies in English-language journals published from 2000 to 2016. The initial search found 420 titles; nineteen studies were eligible according to the abstracts and details, which included reporting asthma or wheeze as an outcome. None of the articles included in this meta-analysis reported side effects of vitamin E supplementation during pregnancy. This meta-analysis found that vitamin E supplementation during pregnancy influenced the risk of asthma. To better understand the effectiveness and safety of vitamin E in children with asthma, large-scale, well-designed and randomized controlled trials are needed.
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- Hui Wu
- Department of Pediatrics, The First People Hospital of Changzhou and the Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, China.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First People Hospital of Changzhou and the Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, China.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First People Hospital of Changzhou and the Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, China.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First People Hospital of Changzhou and the Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, China.
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Esposito S, Soto-Martinez ME, Feleszko W, Jones MH, Shen KL, Schaad UB. Nonspecific immunomodulators for recurrent respiratory tract infections, wheezing and asthma in children: a systematic review of mechanistic and clinical evidence. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2018; 18:198-209. [PMID: 29561355 PMCID: PMC6037280 DOI: 10.1097/aci.0000000000000433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To provide an overview of the mechanistic and clinical evidence for the use of nonspecific immunomodulators in paediatric respiratory tract infection (RTI) and wheezing/asthma prophylaxis. RECENT FINDINGS Nonspecific immunomodulators have a long history of empirical use for the prevention of RTIs in vulnerable populations, such as children. The past decade has seen an increase in both the number and quality of studies providing mechanistic and clinical evidence for the prophylactic potential of nonspecific immunomodulators against both respiratory infections and wheezing/asthma in the paediatric population. Orally administered immunomodulators result in the mounting of innate and adaptive immune responses to infection in the respiratory mucosa and anti-inflammatory effects in proinflammatory environments. Clinical data reflect these mechanistic effects in reductions in the recurrence of respiratory infections and wheezing events in high-risk paediatric populations. A new generation of clinical studies is currently underway with the power to position the nonspecific bacterial lysate immunomodulator OM-85 as a potential antiasthma prophylactic. SUMMARY An established mechanistic and clinical role for prophylaxis against paediatric respiratory infections by nonspecific immunomodulators exists. Clinical trials underway promise to provide high-quality data to establish whether a similar role exists in wheezing/asthma prevention.
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- Susanna Esposito
- Pediatric Clinic, Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Nacional de Niños, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergy, The Medical University Children's Hospital, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Respiratory Care, Beijing Children's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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Hibbs AM, Ross K, Kerns LA, Wagner C, Fuloria M, Groh-Wargo S, Zimmerman T, Minich N, Tatsuoka C. Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Recurrent Wheezing in Black Infants Who Were Born Preterm: The D-Wheeze Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2018; 319:2086-2094. [PMID: 29800180 PMCID: PMC6583240 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.5729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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IMPORTANCE Black infants born preterm face high rates of recurrent wheezing throughout infancy. Vitamin D supplementation has the potential to positively or negatively affect wheezing through modulation of the pulmonary and immune systems. OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of 2 vitamin D dosing strategies in preventing recurrent wheezing. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A randomized clinical trial enrolled 300 black infants born at 28 to 36 weeks' gestation between January 2013 and January 2016 at 4 sites in the United States, and followed them up through March 2017. Randomization was stratified by site and maternal milk exposure. INTERVENTIONS Patients were enrolled prior to discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit or newborn nursery and received open-label multivitamin until they were consuming 200 IU/d of cholecalciferol from formula or fortifier added to human milk, after which they received either 400 IU/d of cholecalciferol until 6 months of age adjusted for prematurity (sustained supplementation) or placebo (diet-limited supplementation). One-hundred fifty three infants were randomized to the sustained group, and 147 were randomized to the diet-limited group. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Recurrent wheezing by 12 months' adjusted age was the primary outcome. RESULTS Among 300 patients who were randomized (mean gestational age, 33 weeks; median birth weight, 1.9 kg), 277 (92.3%) completed the trial. Recurrent wheezing was experienced by 31.1% of infants in the sustained supplementation group and 41.8% of infants in the diet-limited supplementation group (difference, -10.7% [95% CI, -27.4% to -2.9%]; relative risk, 0.66 [95% CI, 0.47 to 0.94]). Upper and lower respiratory tract infections were among the most commonly reported adverse events. Upper respiratory infections were experienced by 84 of 153 infants (54.9%) in the sustained group and 83 of 147 infants (56.5%) in the diet-limited group (difference, -1.6% [95% CI, -17.1% to 7.0%]). Lower respiratory infections were experienced by 33 of 153 infants (21.6%) in the sustained group and 37 of 147 infants (25.2%) in the diet-limited group (difference, -3.6% [95% CI, -16.4% to 4.4%]). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Among black infants born preterm, sustained supplementation with vitamin D, compared with diet-limited supplementation, resulted in a reduced risk of recurrent wheezing by 12 months' adjusted age. Future research is needed to better understand the mechanisms and longer-term effects of vitamin D supplementation on wheezing in children born preterm. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01601847.
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- Anna Maria Hibbs
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
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- The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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Strassle PD, Smit LAM, Hoppin JA. Endotoxin enhances respiratory effects of phthalates in adults: Results from NHANES 2005-6. Environ Res 2018; 162:280-286. [PMID: 29407759 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Phthalates have been associated with respiratory symptoms in adults; they may enhance effects of inflammatory compounds. To assess the potential interactions of phthalates and endotoxin on respiratory and allergic symptoms in adults, we used cross-sectional information from the 1091 adults with complete data on urinary phthalates and house dust endotoxin from NHANES 2005-2006. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess whether endotoxin levels modified the association between nine phthalate metabolites and four current allergic symptoms (asthma, wheeze, hay fever, and rhinitis). Endotoxin was classified into tertiles (<10, 10-25, >25EU/mg dust). Urinary phthalate and dust endotoxin levels were not correlated (r < |0.02|). Under low endotoxin conditions, no associations between phthalates and respiratory outcomes were observed. Under medium or high endotoxin conditions, exposure-response relationships were observed between specific phthalates and wheeze and asthma. For wheeze, three phthalates (mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP), mono(carboxyoctyl) phthalate (MCOP), and di-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) had significant interactions with endotoxin); for asthma, two phthalates (MCOP and mono(carboxyoctyl) phthalate (MCNP)) had significant interactions. Endotoxin did not modify the associations between phthalates and hay fever or rhinitis. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that endotoxin enhances the respiratory toxicity of phthalates; however this cross-sectional study cannot address key temporal issues. The lack of an association between wheeze or asthma and phthalates when endotoxin exposure was low suggests that phthalates alone may not increase these symptoms.
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- Paula D Strassle
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7633, Raleigh 27695-7633, NC, United States; Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.
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BACKGROUND Bronchiolitis is a common acute respiratory condition with high prevalence worldwide. This clinically diagnosed syndrome is manifested by tachypnoea (rapid breathing), with crackles or wheeze in young children. In the acute phase of bronchiolitis (≤ 14 days), antibiotics are not routinely prescribed unless the illness is severe or a secondary bacterial infection is suspected. Although bronchiolitis is usually self-limiting, some young children continue to have protracted symptoms (e.g. cough and wheezing) beyond the acute phase and often re-present to secondary care. OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness of antibiotics versus controls (placebo or no treatment) for reducing or treating persistent respiratory symptoms following acute bronchiolitis within six months of acute illness. SEARCH METHODS We searched the following databases: the Cochrane Airways Group Register of Trials, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), the World Health Organization (WHO) trial portal, the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, and ClinicalTrials.gov, up to 26 August 2016. SELECTION CRITERIA We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing antibiotics versus controls (placebo or no treatment) given in the post-acute phase of bronchiolitis (> 14 days) for children younger than two years with a diagnosis of bronchiolitis. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors independently assessed studies against predefined criteria, and selected, extracted, and assessed data for inclusion. We contacted trial authors for further information. MAIN RESULTS In this review update, we added one study with 219 children. A total of two RCTs with 249 children (n = 240 completed) were eligible for inclusion in this review. Both studies contributed to our primary and secondary outcomes, but we assessed the quality of evidence for our three primary outcomes as low, owing to the small numbers of studies and participants; and high attrition in one of the studies. Data show no significant differences between treatment groups for our primary outcomes: proportion of children (n = 249) who had persistent symptoms at follow-up (odds ratio (OR) 0.69, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.37 to 1.28; fixed-effect model); and number of children (n = 240) rehospitalised with respiratory illness within six months (OR 0.54, 95% CI 0.05 to 6.21; random-effects model). We were unable to analyse exacerbation rate because studies used different methods to report this information. Data showed no significant differences between treatment groups for our secondary outcome: proportion of children (n = 240) with wheeze at six months (OR 0.47, 95% CI 0.06 to 3.95; random-effects model). One study reported bacterial resistance, but only at 48 hours (thus with limited applicability for this review). Another study reported adverse events from which all children recovered and remained in the study. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Current evidence is insufficient to inform whether antibiotics should be used to treat or prevent persistent respiratory symptoms in the post-acute bronchiolitis phase. Future RCTs are needed to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotics for reducing persistent respiratory symptoms. This is particularly important in populations with high acute and post-acute bronchiolitis morbidity (e.g. indigenous populations in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA).
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- Gabrielle B McCallum
- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityChild Health DivisionDarwinNorthern TerritoryAustralia0810
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityChild Health DivisionDarwinNorthern TerritoryAustralia0810
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityChild Health DivisionDarwinNorthern TerritoryAustralia0810
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityChild Health DivisionDarwinNorthern TerritoryAustralia0810
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McEvoy CT, Milner KF, Scherman AJ, Schilling DG, Tiller CJ, Vuylsteke B, Shorey-Kendrick LE, Spindel ER, Schuff R, Mitchell J, Peters D, Metz J, Haas D, Jackson K, Tepper RS, Morris CD. Vitamin C to Decrease the Effects of Smoking in Pregnancy on Infant Lung Function (VCSIP): Rationale, design, and methods of a randomized, controlled trial of vitamin C supplementation in pregnancy for the primary prevention of effects of in utero tobacco smoke exposure on infant lung function and respiratory health. Contemp Clin Trials 2017; 58:66-77. [PMID: 28495620 PMCID: PMC5696784 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2017.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 04/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/07/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Despite strong anti-smoking efforts, at least 12% of American women cannot quit smoking when pregnant resulting in >450,000 smoke-exposed infants born yearly. Smoking during pregnancy is the largest preventable cause of childhood respiratory illness including wheezing and asthma. Recent studies have shown a protective effect of vitamin C supplementation on the lung function of offspring exposed to in utero smoke in a non-human primate model and an initial human trial. Vitamin C to Decrease the Effects of Smoking in Pregnancy on Infant Lung Function (VCSIP) is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate pulmonary function at 3months of age in infants delivered to pregnant smokers randomized to 500mg/day of vitamin C versus placebo during pregnancy. Secondary aims evaluate the incidence of wheezing through 12months and pulmonary function testing at 12months of age. Women are randomized between 13 and 23weeks gestation from clinical sites in Portland, Oregon at Oregon Health & Science University and PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center and in Indianapolis, Indiana at Indiana University and Wishard Hospital. Vitamin C supplementation occurs from randomization to delivery. Monthly contact with participants and monitoring of medical records is performed to document medication adherence, changes in smoking and medical history, and adverse events. Pulmonary function testing of offspring occurs at 3 and 12months of age and incidence of wheezing and respiratory illness through 12months is captured via at least quarterly questionnaires. Ancillary studies are investigating the impact of vitamin C on placental blood flow and DNA methylation.
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- Cindy T McEvoy
- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR, USA
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- Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA; Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University, School of Public Health, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA; Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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Øymar K, Mikalsen IB, Nag T, Halvorsen T, Crowley S. [Systemic steroids for preschool children with lower respiratory tract symptoms]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2017; 137:698-699. [PMID: 28551964 DOI: 10.4045/tidsskr.17.0245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Omran M, Lundström S. [Pharmacologic symptom relief at the end of life]. Lakartidningen 2017; 114:D6P6. [PMID: 28170060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- Meis Omran
- Stockholms Sjukhem - Palliativt Centrum Stockholm, Sweden Stockholms Sjukhem - Palliativt Centrum Stockholm, Sweden
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- Stockholms Sjukhem - Palliative Medicine Stockholm, Sweden Stockholms Sjukhem - Palliative Medicine Stockholm, Sweden
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Hussein HR, Gupta A, Broughton S, Ruiz G, Brathwaite N, Bossley CJ. A meta-analysis of montelukast for recurrent wheeze in preschool children. Eur J Pediatr 2017; 176:963-969. [PMID: 28567533 PMCID: PMC5486554 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-017-2936-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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UNLABELLED There is conflicting evidence of the effectiveness of montelukast in preschool wheeze. A recent Cochrane review focused on its use in viral-induced wheeze; however, such subgroups are unlikely to exist in real life and change with time, recently highlighted in an international consensus report. We have therefore sought to investigate the effectiveness of montelukast in all children with preschool wheeze (viral-induced and multiple-trigger wheeze). The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Ovid Medline and Ovid EMBASE were screened for randomised controlled trials (RCTs), examining the efficacy of montelukast compared with placebo in children with the recurrent preschool wheeze. The primary endpoint examined was frequency of wheezing episodes. Five trials containing 3960 patients with a preschool wheezing disorder were analysed. Meta-analyses of studies of intermittent montelukast showed no benefit in preventing episodes of wheeze (mean difference (MD) 0.07, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.14 to 0.29; mean for montelukast 2.68 vs placebo 2.54 (p = 0.5)), reducing unscheduled medical attendances (MD -0.13, 95% CI -0.33 to 0.07; mean for montelukast 1.62 vs placebo 1.78 (p = 0.21)) and reducing oral corticosteroids (MD -0.06, 95% CI -0.16 to 0.02; mean for montelukast 0.35 vs placebo 0.36 (p = 0.25)). The pooled results of the continuous regimen showed no significant difference in the number of wheezing episodes between the montelukast and placebo groups (MD -0.40, 95% CI -1.00 to 0.19; mean for montelukast 2.05 vs placebo 2.37 (p = 0.18)). CONCLUSIONS This review highlights that the currently available evidence does not support the use of montelukast in preschool children with recurrent wheeze. We recommend further studies to investigate if a 'montelukast responder' phenotype exists, and how these can be easily identified in the clinical setting. What is Known: • Current guidelines recommend montelukast use in preschool children with recurrent wheeze. • A recent Cochrane review has found montelukast to be ineffective at reducing courses of oral corticosteroids for viral-induced wheeze. What is New: • This meta-analysis has examined all children with preschool wheeze and found that montelukast was not effective at preventing wheezing episodes or reducing unscheduled medical attendances. • A specific montelukast responder phenotype may exist, but such patients should be sought in larger multicentre RCTs.
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- Hasan R. Hussein
- Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK
- Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK
- Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK
- Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK
- Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS UK
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Bisgaard H, Stokholm J, Chawes BL, Vissing NH, Bjarnadóttir E, Schoos AMM, Wolsk HM, Pedersen TM, Vinding RK, Thorsteinsdóttir S, Følsgaard NV, Fink NR, Thorsen J, Pedersen AG, Waage J, Rasmussen MA, Stark KD, Olsen SF, Bønnelykke K. Fish Oil-Derived Fatty Acids in Pregnancy and Wheeze and Asthma in Offspring. N Engl J Med 2016; 375:2530-9. [PMID: 28029926 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1503734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reduced intake of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) may be a contributing factor to the increasing prevalence of wheezing disorders. We assessed the effect of supplementation with n-3 LCPUFAs in pregnant women on the risk of persistent wheeze and asthma in their offspring. METHODS We randomly assigned 736 pregnant women at 24 weeks of gestation to receive 2.4 g of n-3 LCPUFA (fish oil) or placebo (olive oil) per day. Their children formed the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood2010 (COPSAC2010) cohort and were followed prospectively with extensive clinical phenotyping. Neither the investigators nor the participants were aware of group assignments during follow-up for the first 3 years of the children's lives, after which there was a 2-year follow-up period during which only the investigators were unaware of group assignments. The primary end point was persistent wheeze or asthma, and the secondary end points included lower respiratory tract infections, asthma exacerbations, eczema, and allergic sensitization. RESULTS A total of 695 children were included in the trial, and 95.5% completed the 3-year, double-blind follow-up period. The risk of persistent wheeze or asthma in the treatment group was 16.9%, versus 23.7% in the control group (hazard ratio, 0.69; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.49 to 0.97; P=0.035), corresponding to a relative reduction of 30.7%. Prespecified subgroup analyses suggested that the effect was strongest in the children of women whose blood levels of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid were in the lowest third of the trial population at randomization: 17.5% versus 34.1% (hazard ratio, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.25 to 0.83; P=0.011). Analyses of secondary end points showed that supplementation with n-3 LCPUFA was associated with a reduced risk of infections of the lower respiratory tract (31.7% vs. 39.1%; hazard ratio, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.58 to 0.98; P=0.033), but there was no statistically significant association between supplementation and asthma exacerbations, eczema, or allergic sensitization. CONCLUSIONS Supplementation with n-3 LCPUFA in the third trimester of pregnancy reduced the absolute risk of persistent wheeze or asthma and infections of the lower respiratory tract in offspring by approximately 7 percentage points, or one third. (Funded by the Lundbeck Foundation and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00798226 .).
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- Hans Bisgaard
- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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- From COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen (H.B., J.S., B.L.C., N.H.V., E.B., A.-M.M.S., H.M.W., T.M.P., R.K.V., S.T., N.V.F., N.R.F., J.T., J.W., M.A.R., K.B.), and the Center for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut (S.F.O.), Copenhagen, the Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved (J.S., E.B., T.M.P., R.K.V.), DTU Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby (A.G.P.), and Faculty of Science, Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, University of Copenhagen (M.A.R.) - all in Denmark; the Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (K.D.S.); and the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (S.F.O.)
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Tsai CC, Wu MN, Liou LM, Chang YP. Levodopa reverse stridor and prevent subsequent endotracheal intubation in Parkinson disease patients with bilateral vocal cord palsy: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e5559. [PMID: 27977587 PMCID: PMC5268033 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000005559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Respiratory abnormalities are often overlooked; however, because of their potential comorbidity, they must be analyzed to determine the most effective treatment for patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Among various theories on respiratory abnormalities in PD, "upper airway obstruction" and "restrictive respiratory disorders" are 2 of the most accepted etiologies; both appear to be related to basal ganglia dysfunction. Complex vocal cord muscle dysfunction contributes to stridor, which can be a manifestation of nigrostriatal dopaminergic dysfunction. Stridor is a lethal form of upper airway obstruction in PD patients; its most frequent causes are bilateral vocal cord palsy, laryngeal spasms, and dystonia of the supra-laryngeal muscle. Several previous studies have suggested that levodopa administration induces a significant improvement of both lung function and symptoms of parkinsonian syndrome. CASE SUMMARY We reported a 77-year-old gentleman PD patient admitted for acute levodopa-responsive stridor resulting from bilateral vocal cord palsy. Dopaminergic therapy prevented the need for subsequent endotracheal intubation and tracheostomy treatment. CONCLUSION It is vital to understand that complex vocal cord muscle dysfunction may be related to nigrostriatal dopaminergic dysfunction in PD patients. The strategy of levodopa up-titration should be considered an option because it may be beneficial in relieving both stridor and parkinsonian syndrome, and in preventing respiratory failure.
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- Chia-Chan Tsai
- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University
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- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
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- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University
- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
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Chen B, Feng S, Yin XW. [Effect of obesity on treatment outcome of asthma predictive index-positive infants and young children with wheezing]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2016; 18:991-994. [PMID: 27751218 PMCID: PMC7389532 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2016.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effect of obesity on the treatment outcome of asthma predictive index (API)-positive infants and young children with wheezing. METHODS A total of 208 API-positive infants and young children with wheezing were enrolled. According to the Kaup index, the patients were divided into an obese group (n=93) and a non-obese group (n=115). The patients were given multimodality therapy in an acute episode of wheezing and aerosol inhalation of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) budesonide suspension in the remission stage. The dose of ICS was adjusted according to clinical control. The patients were treated for 6 months, and were followed up at 2 weeks after treatment and once per month afterwards. RESULTS At 2 weeks and 1 month after treatment, the obese group had significantly lower remission rates of clinical symptoms than the non-obese group (35.5%/75.3% vs 53.0%/87.8%; P<0.05). Compared with the non-obese group, the obese group had significantly higher incidence rates of wheezing at 3 and 6 months after treatment and a significantly higher proportion of patients who visited the emergency service or were hospitalized due to wheezing within 6 months (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Obesity can inhibit the response to ICS treatment in API-positive infants and young children with wheezing.
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- Bo Chen
- Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, China.
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Chen B, Feng S, Yin XW. [Effect of obesity on treatment outcome of asthma predictive index-positive infants and young children with wheezing]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2016; 18:991-994. [PMID: 27751218 PMCID: PMC7389532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effect of obesity on the treatment outcome of asthma predictive index (API)-positive infants and young children with wheezing. METHODS A total of 208 API-positive infants and young children with wheezing were enrolled. According to the Kaup index, the patients were divided into an obese group (n=93) and a non-obese group (n=115). The patients were given multimodality therapy in an acute episode of wheezing and aerosol inhalation of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) budesonide suspension in the remission stage. The dose of ICS was adjusted according to clinical control. The patients were treated for 6 months, and were followed up at 2 weeks after treatment and once per month afterwards. RESULTS At 2 weeks and 1 month after treatment, the obese group had significantly lower remission rates of clinical symptoms than the non-obese group (35.5%/75.3% vs 53.0%/87.8%; P<0.05). Compared with the non-obese group, the obese group had significantly higher incidence rates of wheezing at 3 and 6 months after treatment and a significantly higher proportion of patients who visited the emergency service or were hospitalized due to wheezing within 6 months (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Obesity can inhibit the response to ICS treatment in API-positive infants and young children with wheezing.
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- Bo Chen
- Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, China.
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Lanza FC, Wandalsen GF, Dos Santos AM, Solé D. Bronchodilator response in wheezing infants assessed by the raised volume rapid thoracic compression technique. Respir Med 2016; 119:29-34. [PMID: 27692144 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Revised: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bronchodilator response (BDR) analyzed by the raised volume rapid thoracic compression (RVRTC) in wheezing infants is not yet well described, although bronchodilators (BD) are routine in the treatment of this population. OBJECTIVE To evaluate BDR by RVRTC technique in infants with recurrent wheezing and compare to control group. METHOD Cross sectional study, 45 infants, age 56 weeks (38-67 weeks). Two groups: wheezing group (WG: history of recurrent wheezing) and control group (CG). RVRTC was evaluated, FVC, FEV0.5, FEF50, FEF75, FEF85, FEF25-75 were measured. Salbutamol was delivered to infants and RVRTC evaluated again. BDR was determined by the increase greater than two standard deviation from the mean change in the CG. RESULTS In WG (n = 32) lung function was worse than in CG (n = 13): FEV0.5: 0.0(-0.9-0.9z score) vs 0.8(0.2-1.4z score); FEF50: 0.2(-0.3-1.1z score) vs 0.9(0.5-1.4z score); and FEF25-75: 0.2(-0.5-1.1z score) vs 1.1(0.6-1.6z score), respectively, p < 0.05. Both groups had similar increase after BD. In WG 11 patients (34%) were responder and these had worse lung function compared to nonresponder (n = 21) (p < 0.05). The increase in lung function after BD in responder was higher than in nonresponder: FEV0.5: 6.5(2.1-7.1%) vs -0.5(-2.5-0.7%), FEF50: 5.1(2.7-11.7%) vs 0.4(-1.1-2.8%), FEF75: 20.7(4.7-23.6%) vs -1.3(-6.4-3.9%), FEF25-75: 9.9(3.8-16.4%) vs 0.0(-1.5-1.0%), respectively, p < 0.05. CONCLUSION 34% WG showed BDR measured by the RVRTC. The best variables to detect BDR were FEF75, FEF25-75 and FEV0.5. Patients with worse lung function showed better response to BD.
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- Fernanda Cordoba Lanza
- Discipline of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Otonis St 725, 04025-002, Brazil.
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- Discipline of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Otonis St 725, 04025-002, Brazil.
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- Neonatal Division of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics - Federal University of Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Marselhesa St 630, 04020-060, Brazil.
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- Discipline of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Otonis St 725, 04025-002, Brazil.
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Dunea D, Iordache S, Liu HY, Bøhler T, Pohoata A, Radulescu C. Quantifying the impact of PM2.5 and associated heavy metals on respiratory health of children near metallurgical facilities. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:15395-406. [PMID: 27115705 PMCID: PMC4956698 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6734-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The aim of this study was to link the concentrations of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter below 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and associated heavy metals with occurrence of wheezing and hospitalizations due to wheezing in 111 children who live near metallurgical plants in Targoviste City, Romania. A group of 72 children with high levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE) and eosinophils, as well as frequent wheezing episodes, was geolocated on digital thematic maps. Monitoring campaigns and medical assessments were performed over two consecutive years (2013-2014). The multiannual average concentrations of PM2.5 ranged from 4.6 to 22.5 μg m(-3), up to a maximum value of 102 μg m(-3). Significant correlations (p < 0.01) were observed between the locations of the children with respiratory issues and the PM2.5 multiannual average (r = 0.985) and PM2.5 maximum (r = 0.813). Fe, Ni, Cd, and Cr were the main marker elements of the emissions from steel production and metal-working facilities in the Targoviste area. The results support the hypothesis that increased PM2.5 levels directly influence wheezing symptom and asthma attacks in the analyzed group. IgE, eosinophils, and wheezing episodes may be considered key indicators with which to evaluate the adverse effects of PM2.5 air pollution on children's health.
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- Daniel Dunea
- Valahia University of Targoviste, Aleea Sinaia no. 13, RO-130004, Targoviste, Romania.
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- Valahia University of Targoviste, Aleea Sinaia no. 13, RO-130004, Targoviste, Romania
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- Norwegian Institute for Air Research - NILU, Instituttveien 18, PO Box 100, NO-2027, Kjeller, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Air Research - NILU, Instituttveien 18, PO Box 100, NO-2027, Kjeller, Norway
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- Valahia University of Targoviste, Aleea Sinaia no. 13, RO-130004, Targoviste, Romania
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- Valahia University of Targoviste, Aleea Sinaia no. 13, RO-130004, Targoviste, Romania
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Shejul YK, Pendse R, Kulkarni A. Acute-onset breathlessness after a radiological procedure. Neth J Med 2016; 74:171. [PMID: 27185776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Y K Shejul
- Department of Medicine, BARC Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Virus-induced wheezing is a relatively benign entity that is usually transient in early childhood but is responsible for much health care utilization. The condition, seen traditionally as a subset of those children diagnosed as having frequent episodic asthma, is often treated with inhaled corticosteroids, despite their lack of efficacy. However, there remains some confusion differentiating atopic asthma from virus-induced wheezing in young children and their respective treatment strategies.The demonstration of cysteinyl leukotrienes in the nasopharyngeal secretions of infants and young children who wheeze prompted investigation of the role of leukotriene receptor antagonists in the treatment of virus-induced wheezing for young children with bronchiolitis and virus-induced wheezing.Montelukast, the only leukotriene receptor antagonist studied in young children, has been proven useful in increasing the number of symptom-free days and delaying the recurrence of wheeze in the month following a diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus-induced wheezing in children aged 3-36 months. Subsequently, in children aged 2-5 years with frequent episodic asthma, primarily involving viral induced attacks in this age group, regular therapy with daily montelukast for 12 months reduced the rate of asthma exacerbations by 31% over placebo, delayed the time to the first exacerbation by 2 months, and lowered the need to prescribe inhaled corticosteroids as preventative therapy. Additionally, montelukast has been demonstrated to be efficacious as an acute episode modifier in children aged 2-14 years (85% children <6 years) with virus-induced wheezing where it was prescribed at the onset of a viral infection in children with an established pattern of viral induced episodes of wheeze in the preceding year. In this study, emergency department visits were reduced by 45%, visits to all health care practitioners were reduced by 23%, and time of preschool/school and parental time off work was reduced by 33% for children who took montelukast for a median of 10 days.At present, there is good evidence to support the use of bronchodilators in the acute treatment of virus- induced wheezing, and increasing evidence to support the use of leukotriene receptor antagonists, in particular montelukast, in the management of children with virus-induced wheezing.
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- Dominic A Fitzgerald
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaDiscipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Lan WP, Wang J, Dai CL, Pan JH. [Efficacy of fluticasone propionate aerosol versus budesonide suspension in treatment of recurrent wheezing caused by bronchiolitis]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2016; 18:316-319. [PMID: 27097575 PMCID: PMC7390081 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2016.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of fluticasone propionate aerosol (flixotide) versus budesonide suspension in the treatment of recurrent wheezing caused by bronchiolitis. METHODS A total of 214 infants with newly diagnosed bronchiolitis were randomly divided into flixotide treatment (106 infants) and budesonide treatment groups (108 infants), and were given aerosol inhalation of flixotide or budesonide for 3 months after achieving remission of clinical symptoms. Another 136 infants with bronchiolitis who did not receive regular inhalation of corticosteroid after achieving remission of clinical symptoms were enrolled as the control group. The follow-up visits were performed for 1 year, and the effects of the two therapeutic methods on recurrent wheezing were evaluated. RESULTS Compared with the control group, both the flixotide and budesonide treatment groups had significantly fewer times of wheezing episodes within 1 year and a significantly lower recurrence rate of wheezing within the first 3 months after regular inhalation of corticosteroid, but no significant differences were observed between the two treatment groups. The amount of corticosteroid inhaled and hospital costs in the budesonide treatment group were significantly higher than in the flixotide treatment group (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Continuous inhalation of flixotide or budesonide after remission of clinical symptoms in children with bronchiolitis can reduce wheezing episodes and the recurrence of wheezing, and flixotide treatment is superior to budesonide treatment in the aspects of hospital costs and the amount of corticosteroid used.
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- Wei-Ping Lan
- Department of Pediatrics, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Medical University of Anhui, Hefei 230001, China.
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Beigelman A, Bacharier LB. Management of Preschool Children with Recurrent Wheezing: Lessons from the NHLBI's Asthma Research Networks. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2016; 4:1-8; quiz 9-10. [PMID: 26772922 PMCID: PMC4715860 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Recurrent wheezing in the preschool children is a common clinical problem, often associated with significant morbidity related to acute episodes. The management of these children has been complicated by a paucity of high-quality clinical trials in this age group. To fill this knowledge gap, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's asthma research networks have performed a series of clinical trials in an effort to provide practitioners with guidance on appropriate management strategies. These studies establish daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy in toddlers at high risk for subsequent asthma as an effective approach for the prevention of exacerbations and symptom reduction, but without evidence of disease-modifying properties. Additional studies have confirmed substantial heterogeneity in ICS response, in terms of both efficacy and effect on linear growth. Treatment with intermittent high-dose ICS was demonstrated to be an alternative approach to daily low-dose ICS for preventing severe exacerbations in toddlers with intermittent but significant wheeze and a positive modified asthma predictive index. This review details the findings and clinical implications derived from these studies, discuss the utility of biomarkers and the role of oral corticosteroids during acute exacerbations, and summarizes ongoing clinical trials in this age group.
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- Avraham Beigelman
- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo.
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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Takeuchi M, Kano H, Takahashi K, Iwata T. Comparative effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids for paediatric asthma: protocol for a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2015; 5:e008501. [PMID: 26493456 PMCID: PMC4620167 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Use of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) is the mainstream maintenance therapy for paediatric asthma. Several forms of ICS are available, but the relative effectiveness among ICS has not been well investigated in published, randomised, controlled trials. The paucity of direct comparisons between ICS may have resulted in insufficient estimation in former systematic reviews/meta-analyses. To supplement the information on the comparative effectiveness of ICS for paediatric asthma, we plan to conduct a network meta-analysis that will enable summary of direct and indirect evidence. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will retrieve randomised, controlled trials that examined the effectiveness of ICS for paediatric asthma from the PubMed and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. After one author scans the title and abstract for eligible studies, two authors will independently review study data and assess the quality of the study. Studies of children (≤18 years old) with chronic asthma or recurrent wheezing episodes will be included if they used ICS for ≥4 weeks. We will define a priori core outcomes and supplemental outcomes of paediatric asthma, including exacerbation, healthcare use and pulmonary function. Studies reporting a minimum of one core outcome will be entered into the systematic review. After the systematic review is performed, extracted data of relevant studies will be synthesised in the Bayesian framework using a random-effects model. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. PROTOCOL REGISTRATION NUMBER UMIN (000016724) and PROSPERO (CRD42015025889).
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- Masato Takeuchi
- Department of Pediatrics, Kikkoman General Hospital, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital-Mizonokuchi, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Child Studies, Department of Education for Childcare, Tokyo Kasei University, Sayama, Saitama, Japan
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Brodlie M, Gupta A, Rodriguez‐Martinez CE, Castro‐Rodriguez JA, Ducharme FM, McKean MC. Leukotriene receptor antagonists as maintenance and intermittent therapy for episodic viral wheeze in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015; 2015:CD008202. [PMID: 26482324 PMCID: PMC6986470 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd008202.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Episodic viral wheeze (EVW) associated with viral respiratory tract infections is a common reason for pre-school children to utilise health care resources and for carers to take time away from employment. About a third of children experience a wheezing episode before the age of five years. EVW therefore represents a significant public health problem. Many pre-school children only wheeze in association with viral infections and in such cases EVW appears to be a separate entity from atopic asthma. Some trials have explored the effectiveness of leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) as regular (maintenance) or episodic (intermittent) treatment in this context. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the evidence for the efficacy and safety of maintenance and intermittent LTRAs in the management of EVW in children aged one to six years. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Airways Group register of trials with pre-specified terms. We performed additional searches by consulting the authors of identified trials, online trial registries of manufacturers' web sites, and reference lists of identified primary papers and reviews. Search results are current to June 2015. SELECTION CRITERIA We included randomised controlled trials with a parallel-group or cross-over (for intermittent LTRA only) design. Maintenance was considered as treatment for more than two months and intermittent as less than 14 days. EVW was defined as a history of at least one previous episode of wheezing in association with a viral respiratory tract infection in the absence of symptoms between episodes. As far as possible, relevant specific data were obtained from authors of studies that included children of a wider age group or phenotype. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently assessed studies for inclusion in the review and assessed risk of bias. The primary outcome was number of children with one or more viral-induced episodes requiring one or more treatments with rescue oral corticosteroids. We analysed combined continuous data outcomes with the mean difference and dichotomous data outcomes with an odds ratio (OR). MAIN RESULTS We identified five studies eligible for inclusion in the review (one investigated maintenance treatment, three intermittent therapy and one had both maintenance and intermittent treatment arms) these included 3741 participants. Each study involved oral montelukast and was of good methodological quality, but differed in choice of outcome measures thus limiting our ability to aggregate data across studies. Only primary outcome and adverse event data are reported in this abstract.For maintenance treatment, specific data obtained from a single study, pertaining to children with only an EVW phenotype, showed no statistically significant group reduction in the number of episodes requiring rescue oral corticosteroids associated with daily montelukast versus placebo (OR 1.20, 95% CI 0.70 to 2.06, moderate quality evidence).For intermittent LTRA, pooled data showed no statistically significant reduction in the number of episodes requiring rescue oral steroids in children treated with LTRA versus placebo (OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.48 to 1.25, moderate quality evidence). Specific data for children with an EVW phenotype obtained from a single study of intermittent montelukast treatment showed a small, but statistically significant reduction in unscheduled medical attendances due to wheeze (RR 0.83, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.98).For maintenance compared to intermittent LTRA treatment no data relating to the primary outcome of the review were identified.There were no other significant group differences identified in other secondary efficacy outcomes for maintenance or intermittent LTRA treatment versus placebo, or maintenance versus intermittent LTRA treatment. We collected descriptive data on adverse events as reported by four of the five included studies, and rates were similar between treatment and placebo groups.Potential heterogeneity in the phenotype of participants within and across trials is a limitation of the evidence. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS In pre-school children with EVW, there is no evidence of benefit associated with maintenance or intermittent LTRA treatment, compared to placebo, for reducing the number of children with one or more viral-induced episodes requiring rescue oral corticosteroids, and little evidence of significant clinical benefit for other secondary outcomes. Therefore until further data are available, LTRA should be used with caution in individual children. When used, we suggest a therapeutic trial is undertaken, during which efficacy should be carefully monitored. It is likely that children with an apparent EVW phenotype are not a homogeneous group and that subgroups may respond to LTRA treatment depending on the exact patho-physiological mechanisms involved.
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- Malcolm Brodlie
- Newcastle University and Great North Children's HospitalInstitute of Cellular Medicinec/o Paediatric Respiratory SecretariesRoyal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria RoadNewcastle upon TyneTyne and WearUKNE1 4LP
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- Royal Brompton Hospital & Imperial College London, MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of AsthmaPaediatric Respiratory MedicineLondonUK
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileDepartments of Paediatric and Family Medicine, School of MedicineLira 44, 1er pisoSantiagoSantiagoChile
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- University of MontrealDepartment of PaediatricsMontrealCanada
- CHU Sainte‐JustineResearch CentreMontrealCanada
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- Newcastle upon Tyne NHS TrustPaediatrics3 rd Floor, Doctors Residence, Royal Victoria InfirmaryQueen Victoria RoadNewcastle upon TyneTyne and WearUKNE1 4LP
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BACKGROUND Corticosteroids, delivered systemically and by inhalation, are widely used for the treatment of multiple acute respiratory illnesses in children. However, the level of evidence to support the utility of this therapy varies between these different acute respiratory illnesses. OBJECTIVE To summarize the evidence regarding the utility of corticosteroids in the management of common acute pediatric respiratory conditions and to highlights the controversies regarding their use. METHODS Literature search of manuscripts describing the evidence regarding the efficacy of corticosteroids (systemic and inhaled) in the management of: acute asthma exacerbation among school age children, acute episodic wheeze among preschool children, viral croup, and acute viral bronchiolitis. RESULTS Current evidence indicates that systemic corticosteroids provide benefits for the treatment of acute asthma exacerbations in school age children, mainly in the acute care setting. In addition, high dose inhaled corticosteroid therapy administered in the Emergency Department appears to have comparable effect for the prevention of asthma-related hospital admission as systemic corticosteroids in this age group. In contrast, most available studies have not shown benefit for systemic corticosteroids during acute wheezing episodes in preschool children. Systemic corticosteroids decrease symptoms and the rate of hospital admissions in patients with severe croup; however, corticosteroids have no role in the treatment of acute bronchiolitis and their use in this condition should be discouraged. CONCLUSION Corticosteroids treatment response varies between the acute respiratory illnesses presented in this review. Future research should aim to fill the current gaps-of-knowledge regarding the utility this intervention such as the identification of specific wheezing phenotypes among preschool children which might benefit from systemic corticosteroids as a treatment for acute viral wheeze.
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- Avraham Beigelman
- Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Beigelman A, Isaacson-Schmid M, Sajol G, Baty J, Rodriguez OM, Leege E, Lyons K, Schweiger TL, Zheng J, Schechtman KB, Castro M, Bacharier LB. Randomized trial to evaluate azithromycin's effects on serum and upper airway IL-8 levels and recurrent wheezing in infants with respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2015; 135:1171-8.e1. [PMID: 25458910 PMCID: PMC4426225 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis in infancy is a major risk factor for recurrent wheezing and asthma. Because azithromycin attenuated neutrophilic airway inflammation in a murine viral bronchiolitis model, demonstration of similar effects in human subjects might provide a strategy for the prevention of postbronchiolitis recurrent wheezing. OBJECTIVES We sought to investigate whether azithromycin treatment during RSV bronchiolitis reduces serum and nasal lavage IL-8 levels and the occurrence of postbronchiolitis recurrent wheezing. METHOD We performed a randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled proof-of-concept trial in 40 otherwise healthy infants hospitalized with RSV bronchiolitis who were treated with azithromycin or placebo for 14 days. IL-8 levels were measured in nasal lavage fluid and serum on randomization, day 8, and day 15 (nasal lavage only). The occurrence of wheezing episodes was assessed monthly over the ensuing 50 weeks. RESULTS Compared with placebo, azithromycin treatment did not reduce serum IL-8 levels at day 8 (P = .6) but resulted in a greater decrease in nasal lavage fluid IL-8 levels by day 15 (P = .03). Twenty-two percent of azithromycin-treated participants experienced at least 3 wheezing episodes compared with 50% of participants in the placebo group (P = .07). Azithromycin treatment resulted in prolonged time to the third wheezing episode (P = .048) and in fewer days with respiratory symptoms over the subsequent year in comparison with placebo (36.7 vs 70.1 days, P = .01). CONCLUSION In this proof-of-concept study azithromycin treatment during RSV bronchiolitis reduced upper airway IL-8 levels, prolonged the time to the third wheezing episode, and reduced overall respiratory morbidity over the subsequent year.
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- Avraham Beigelman
- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo.
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
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Recurrent wheezing is common in preschool children and often gets labelled as asthma. It is important to differentiate preschool wheeze from asthma through focused history, examination and exclusion of other serious conditions that may present as wheeze. Two different pragmatic clinical phenotypes viz. episodic viral wheeze (EVW) and multi-trigger wheeze (MTW) have been described although categories do not remain fixed and cross over is often seen in clinical practice. Episodic use of inhaled bronchodilators such as salbutamol when wheezy, is the mainstay of treatment along with non-pharmacological measures such as avoidance of environmental tobacco smoke and parental education. Inhaled corticosteroids are the first choice for maintenance therapy in MTW whereas montelukast may be useful when maintenance therapy is considered in EVW. Any maintenance therapy should be viewed as a trial and need to be discontinued in cases where no benefit has been demonstrated. Short term systemic steroid therapy should be reserved for excaerbation of wheezy symptoms where hospitalization is necessary. Prognosis is good in recurrent mild EVW although remission in atopic MTW is often not achieved and the children in the latter group go on to develop asthma.
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- Siba Prosad Paul
- Department of Neonatal Medicine, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Avon BS10 5NB, UK,
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Ivanovic N, Fringer A. [Reducing loud respiratory sounds of dying patients]. Pflege Z 2014; 67:612-613. [PMID: 25522470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Li YQ, Xue HY, Chen W, Cao LF. [Application of asthma predictive index-based group therapy in wheezing children under 5 years of age]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2014; 16:795-799. [PMID: 25140770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the application value of asthma predictive index (API)-based group therapy in wheezing children under 5 years of age. METHODS A total of 239 wheezing children under 5 years of age were divided into API-positive (n=126) and API-negative groups (n=113). Each group was randomly assigned to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) subgroup and montelukast sodium (leukotriene receptor antagonist, LTRA) subgroup. The ICS and LTRA subgroups received the same drug therapy at the same dosage within the first four weeks of treatment. In the stable period of disease, the ICS subgroup only received aerosol inhalation of budesonide suspension, while the LTRA group was orally given montelukast sodium only. Asthma symptom scores were assessed and recorded at different time points. RESULTS In the first four weeks of treatment, ICS and LTRA were effective both in the API-positive and API-negative groups; the two groups showed significant improvements in asthma symptom scores, and the asthma symptom score showed no significant difference between the ICS and LTRA subgroups of each group. After 24 weeks of treatment, the two therapies were still effective; in the API-positive group, the LTRA subgroup had a better treatment outcome than the ICS subgroup, but there was no significant difference in treatment outcome between the LTRA and ICS subgroups of the API-negative group. CONCLUSIONS For wheezing children under 5 years of age, therapeutic strategies can be chosen based on API in the stable period of disease, so as to better control wheezing.
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- Ya-Qin Li
- Department of Pediatrics, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200001, China.
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Han W, Xie Y, Ren SY, Yin LM, Fen XY, Deng XH, Xin HX. [Clinical application of tidal breathing lung function test in 1-4 years old children with wheezing diseases]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2014; 16:800-804. [PMID: 25140771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the clinical significance of tidal breathing lung function test in 1-4 years old children with wheezing diseases. METHODS A total of 141 1-4 years old children with wheezing diseases were enrolled as the observed groups (41 cases of asthma, 54 cases of asthmatic bronchitis, and 46 cases of bronchopneumonia). Thirty children without respiratory diseases were enrolled as the control group. All the recruits underwent tidal breathing lung function test. The observed groups underwent bronchial dilation test, and tidal breathing flow volume (TBFV) parameters were evaluated before and after bronchial dilation test. RESULTS The observed groups showed obstructive ventilatory disorder (65%) according to the TBFV loop, and their ratio of time to peak tidal expiratory flow (TPTEF) to total expiratory time (TE) and ratio of volume to peak expiratory flow (VPEF) to total expiratory volume (VE) were significantly lower than in the control group (P<0.05). The asthma subgroup had significantly improved TPTEF/TE and VPEF/VE after bronchial dilation test (P<0.05). Taking an improvement rate of ≥ 15% either for TPTEF/TE or for VPEF/VE as an indicator of positive bronchial dilation test, the bronchial dilation test had a sensitivity of 47% and a specificity of 84% in diagnosing asthma in 1-4 years old children. The positive rate was 28% among the children in the asthma subgroup with an TPTEF/TE ratio of ≥ 23% before bronchial dilation test, versus 65% in those with an TPTEF/TE ratio of <23%. CONCLUSIONS Obstructive ventilatory disorder is the main impairment of tidal breathing lung function in 1-4 years old children with wheezing diseases. Tidal breathing bronchial dilation test can reflect a reversal of airway obstruction to a certain extent. The sensitivity of bronchial dilation test for the diagnosis of asthma is not satisfactory in 1-4 years old children with wheezing diseases, but this test has a relatively high diagnostic value in children with severe airway obstruction.
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- Wen Han
- Department of Pediarics, Central Hospital of Karamay, Karamay, Xinjiang 834000, China.
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Murakami Y, Honjo S, Odajima H, Adachi Y, Yoshida K, Ohya Y, Akasawa A. Exercise-induced wheezing among Japanese pre-school children and pupils. Allergol Int 2014; 63:251-9. [PMID: 24759555 DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.13-oa-0644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 12/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Exercise-induced wheezing (EIW) may be a symptom of asthma and is a predictor of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, transient narrowing of the lower airway following exercise in the presence or absence of diagnosed asthma. Population-based studies with a large sample of EIW in relation to age, sex, current asthma severity and medication usage have been sparse. METHODS International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaires were distributed at 885 nurseries, 535 primary schools, 321 junior high schools and 190 high schools, respectively, across Japan, and the corresponding data on 46,597, 41,216, 45,960 and 51,104 children were analyzed. RESULTS Prevalence of EIW was 4.8, 4.7, 17.9 and 15.4% for each of the four educational facility types, respectively. Among 24,103 current asthmatics, 20.9, 28.7, 76.1 and 73.6% of subjects for the 4 educational facility groups reported to have experienced EIW, respectively. Severity of current asthma was associated with the risk of EIW; odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of children with asthma attack every day for having EIW once a week or more, using intermittent asthmatics as reference group, were 24.48 (19.33 to 31.01) adjusted for other covariates. Among current asthmatic kindergartners, increase in risk for EIW due to ascending severity of current asthma was mitigated by daily use of leukotriene receptor antagonist (p for interaction = 0.071). CONCLUSIONS EIW was not rare among current asthmatic children. An increased risk for EIW was in accordance with increasing severity of current asthma and this relation was mitigated with leukotriene receptor antagonist daily use among kindergartners.
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- Yoko Murakami
- Department of Paediatrics, National Hospital Organization Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, National Hospital Organization Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, National Hospital Organization Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science for Education, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan
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- Division of Allergy, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Centre, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Allergy, National Centre for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Allergy, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Centre, Tokyo, Japan
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Tagarro A, Pérez L, Quintero VM, Cañete A. Dexamethasone does not reduce length of hospitalization or recurrent wheezing 1 year after early bronchiolitis. Minerva Pediatr 2014; 66:131-140. [PMID: 24835446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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AIM It has been suggested that a 6-day dexamethasone course combined with adrenaline may significantly reduce the admission rate in outpatients. It has also been suggested that prednisolone may reduce recurrent wheezing. Our aim was to investigate whether treatment with steroids, especially high dose dexamethasone, is associated with the length of hospitalization or with recurrent wheezing. METHODS A prospective-retrospective observational study was performed from January 2009 to December 2011 in a secondary care hospital. Eighty previously healthy patients aged 7-180 days who were hospitalized with a first episode of acute bronchiolitis (AB) were studied. AB treatment was at the attending physician's discretion, among those tested for AB with some benefit. Eligible drugs included bronchodilators and steroids. Primary short-term outcome studied was days of hospitalization. Primary long term outcome was "recurrent wheezing". RESULTS Median length of hospitalization was 6 days for all groups. Patients treated with dexamethasone (1 mg/kg/day for 1 day, plus 0.6 mg/kg/day for 5 days) had an average length of hospitalization of 6.8 ± 3.1 (range, 4-20) days, those on prednisolone (prednisolone 1-2 mg/kg/day for 5 days) 7.0 ± 2.6 (range, 4-12) days and those with no steroids 6.6 ± 3.3 (3-21) days (no significant differences). The analysis showed no evidence of association of any management schedule with recurrent wheezing. After adjusting long-term outcome variables for potential confounders, comparisons remained no different. CONCLUSION High dose dexamethasone or medium-dose prednisolone during AB provided no benefit in a short or long-term period in young, previously healthy hospitalized infants.
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- Pediatrics Department University Hospital Infanta Sofía San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain -
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Zou YX, Zhang J, Ma C, Li J, Zai J, Guo YS. Clinical efficacy of montelukast sodium in treating infantile wheezing. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2014; 18:775-780. [PMID: 24706299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The efficacy and safety of a single-dose of Montelukast sodium for treating virus-related infantile wheezing are investigated in this study. PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective, open, randomized, controlled study was carried out on 595 cases of infants who exhibited wheezing after a respiratory syncytial virus infection. Treatment with Montelukast sodium was provided over the course of 12 weeks. The clinical efficacy of Montelukast sodium was determined based on the clinical symptom score, tidal breathing lung function, and short-acting bronchodilator usage, as well as infantile asthma diagnosis rate change at the 4th and 12th week after the administration of the treatment. The adverse reactions were also observed, and a control group was set. The mean age of the 595 patients with infantile wheezing was 10.82 months ± 4.22 months. Among these patients, 45.9% (273 out of 595) had a family history of asthma, 30.6% (182 out of 595) had allergic rhinitis, 23.9% (142 out of 595) increased peripheral blood eosinophilia, 6.1% (36 out of 595) exhibited total IgE increase, 40.0% (238 out of 595) had a recurrent history of wheezing, and 64.0% (381 out of 595) had a family history of eczema. RESULTS After 12 weeks of treatment, the clinical symptom scores significantly improved. Significant differences in the cough, wheezing, and motility scores were observed before and after the treatment (p < 0.05). TPTEF/TE and VPEF/VE significantly improved (p < 0.05) after the treatment. The asthma diagnosis rate was 9.6% (57 out of 595). At four weeks after treatment, various indicators correspondingly improved. Twenty-nine (4.9%) patients exhibited adverse reactions, 55.2% exhibited excitation, 20.7% suffered from insomnia, 10.3% had headaches, 3.4% had erythra, 3.4% suffered from abdominal pain, and 3.4% exhibited an increased glutamic-pyruvate transaminase level. The symptoms of eczema were relieved to some extent, and the symptoms of rhinitis became less serious. Significant differences were observed in the number of wheezing attacks, annual number of days hospitalized, annual number of days when β2AG was utilized, and lung function improvement (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Montelukast sodium is clinically effective in treating virus-related wheezing, and clinical application for 4 weeks to 12 weeks can effectively relieve the symptoms of wheezing, improve lung function, and reduce the incidence rate of infantile asthma. Montelukast sodium also causes few adverse reactions.
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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Lokker ME, van Zuylen L, van der Rijt CCD, van der Heide A. Prevalence, impact, and treatment of death rattle: a systematic review. J Pain Symptom Manage 2014; 47:105-22. [PMID: 23790419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Revised: 03/03/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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CONTEXT Death rattle, or respiratory tract secretion in the dying patient, is a common and potentially distressing symptom in dying patients. Health care professionals often struggle with this symptom because of the uncertainty about management. OBJECTIVES To give an overview of the current evidence on the prevalence of death rattle in dying patients, its impact on patients, relatives, and professional caregivers, and the effectiveness of interventions. METHODS We systematically searched the databases PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsychINFO, and Web of Science. English-language articles containing original data on the prevalence or impact of death rattle or on the effects of interventions were included. RESULTS We identified 39 articles, of which 29 reported on the prevalence of death rattle, eight on its impact, and 11 on the effectiveness of interventions. There is a wide variation in reported prevalence rates (12%-92%; weighted mean, 35%). Death rattle leads to distress in both relatives and professional caregivers, but its impact on patients is unclear. Different medication regimens have been studied, that is, scopolamine, glycopyrronium, hyoscine butylbromide, atropine, and/or octreotide. Only one study used a placebo group. There is no evidence that the use of any antimuscarinic drug is superior to no treatment. CONCLUSION Death rattle is a rather common symptom in dying patients, but it is doubtful if patients suffer from this symptom. Current literature does not support the standard use of antimuscarinic drugs in the treatment of death rattle.
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- Martine E Lokker
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Azad MB, Coneys JG, Kozyrskyj AL, Field CJ, Ramsey CD, Becker AB, Friesen C, Abou-Setta AM, Zarychanski R. Probiotic supplementation during pregnancy or infancy for the prevention of asthma and wheeze: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2013; 347:f6471. [PMID: 24304677 PMCID: PMC3898421 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f6471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of probiotic supplementation during pregnancy or infancy with childhood asthma and wheeze. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. DATA SOURCES Medline, Embase, and Central (Cochrane Library) databases from inception to August 2013, plus the World Health Organization's international clinical trials registry platform and relevant conference proceedings for the preceding five years. Included trials and relevant reviews were forward searched in Web of Science. REVIEW METHODS Two reviewers independently identified randomised controlled trials evaluating probiotics administered to mothers during pregnancy or to infants during the first year of life. The primary outcome was doctor diagnosed asthma; secondary outcomes included wheeze and lower respiratory tract infection. RESULTS We identified 20 eligible trials including 4866 children. Trials were heterogeneous in the type and duration of probiotic supplementation, and duration of follow-up. Only five trials conducted follow-up beyond participants' age of 6 years (median 24 months), and none were powered to detect asthma as the primary outcome. The overall rate of doctor diagnosed asthma was 10.7%; overall rates of incident wheeze and lower respiratory tract infection were 33.3% and 13.9%, respectively. Among 3257 infants enrolled in nine trials contributing asthma data, the risk ratio of doctor diagnosed asthma in participants randomised to receive probiotics was 0.99 (95% confidence interval 0.81 to 1.21, I(2)=0%). The risk ratio of incident wheeze was 0.97 (0.87 to 1.09, I(2)=0%, 9 trials, 1949 infants). Among 1364 infants enrolled in six trials, the risk ratio of lower respiratory tract infection after probiotic supplementation was 1.26 (0.99 to 1.61, I(2)=0%). We adjudicated most trials to be of high (ten trials) or unclear (nine trials) risk of bias, mainly due to attrition. CONCLUSIONS We found no evidence to support a protective association between perinatal use of probiotics and doctor diagnosed asthma or childhood wheeze. Randomised controlled trials to date have not yielded sufficient evidence to recommend probiotics for the primary prevention of these disorders. Extended follow-up of existing trials, along with further clinical and basic research, are needed to accurately define the role of probiotics in the prevention of childhood asthma. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO (CRD42013004385).
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- Meghan B Azad
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1C9
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Rodrigo GJ, Castro-Rodríguez JA. Daily vs. intermittent inhaled corticosteroids for recurrent wheezing and mild persistent asthma: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Respir Med 2013; 107:1133-40. [PMID: 23769720 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intermittent ICS treatment with SABA in response to symptoms, is an emerging strategy for control of mild-to-moderate asthma, and recurrent wheezing. This systematic revue compares the efficacy of daily vs. intermittent ICS among preschoolers, children and adults with persistent wheezing and mild to moderate stable persistent asthma. METHODS Systematic review of randomized, placebo-controlled trials with a minimum of 8 weeks of daily (daily ICS with rescue SABA during exacerbations) vs. intermittent ICS (ICS plus SABA at the onset of symptoms), were retrieved through different databases. Primary outcome was asthma exacerbations; secondary outcomes were pulmonary function tests, symptoms, days without symptoms, SABA use, corticosteroids use, days without rescue medication use, expired nitric oxide and serious adverse events. RESULTS Seven trials (1367 participants) met inclusion criteria there was no statistically significant difference in the rate of asthma exacerbations between those with daily vs. intermittent ICS (0.96; 95% CI: 0.86, 1.06, I(2) = 0%). In the sub-group analysis, no differences were seen in duration of studies, step-up strategy or age. However, compared to intermittent ICS, the daily ICS group had a significant increase in asthma-free days and non-significant decreases in rescue SABA use and exhaled nitric oxide measurement. CONCLUSIONS No significant differences between daily and intermittent ICS in reducing the incidence of asthma exacerbations was found. However, the daily ICS strategy was superior in many secondary outcomes. Therefore, this study suggests to not change daily for intermittent ICS use among preschoolers, children with persistent wheezing and adults with mild-to-moderate stable persistent asthma. International prospective register of systematic reviews http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/ (CRD42012003228).
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- Gustavo J Rodrigo
- Departamento de Emergencia, Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas, Av. 8 de Octubre 3020, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay.
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Antibody against RSV helps prevent wheeze in infants. BMJ 2013; 346:f3089. [PMID: 23678095 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Blanken MO, Rovers MM, Molenaar JM, Winkler-Seinstra PL, Meijer A, Kimpen JLL, Bont L. Respiratory syncytial virus and recurrent wheeze in healthy preterm infants. N Engl J Med 2013; 368:1791-9. [PMID: 23656644 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1211917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 461] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is associated with subsequent recurrent wheeze. Observational studies cannot determine whether RSV infection is the cause of recurrent wheeze or the first indication of preexistent pulmonary vulnerability in preterm infants. The monoclonal antibody palivizumab has shown efficacy in preventing severe RSV infection in high-risk infants. METHODS In the double-blind, placebo-controlled MAKI trial, we randomly assigned 429 otherwise healthy preterm infants born at a gestational age of 33 to 35 weeks to receive either monthly palivizumab injections (214 infants) or placebo (215 infants) during the RSV season. The prespecified primary outcome was the total number of parent-reported wheezing days in the first year of life. Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken during respiratory episodes for viral analysis. RESULTS Palivizumab treatment resulted in a relative reduction of 61% (95% confidence interval, 56 to 65) in the total number of wheezing days during the first year of life (930 of 53,075 days in the RSV-prevention group [1.8%] vs. 2309 of 51,726 days [4.5%] in the placebo group). During this time, the proportion of infants with recurrent wheeze was 10 percentage points lower in patients treated with palivizumab (11% vs. 21%, P=0.01). CONCLUSIONS In otherwise healthy preterm infants, palivizumab treatment resulted in a significant reduction in wheezing days during the first year of life, even after the end of treatment. These findings implicate RSV infection as an important mechanism of recurrent wheeze during the first year of life in such infants. (Funded by Abbott Laboratories and by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development; MAKI Controlled Clinical Trials number, ISRCTN73641710.).
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- Maarten O Blanken
- Division of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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