Opening the airways

Treating the small airways.

The final article in this series evaluates the approaches undertaken to treating the small-airway region of the lungs and the clinical implications of inhaled therapy targeting the periphery in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Oxygen and the airways.

The use of oxygen for the management of patients with acute breathlessness, irrespective of cause, is well established in medical practice. The perception of benefit, even in the absence of measurement of oxygenation, and concerns over adverse outcomes from severe hypoxaemia have driven the use of high-concentration oxygen therapy over many years with little regard to possible harmful effects. ...

The opening to Christian theosophy in Iranian Literature

In this article the first christian written literary theosophical works will be synoptically brought forward. To this end the writer first runs over the historical eras of Iranian languages. Then Sogdian language from the Eastern Middle Iranian languages category will be introduced as the first language in which christian works have been written. Lastly Nestorianism the prevailing school of chr...

the atopic march: from skin to the airways

many patients with atopic eczema (ae) would “march” to develop allergic rhinitis (ar) and asthma. physicians, patients and their families often do not appreciate the significance of these diseases as co-morbidities of atopy. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and severity of airway atopies in patients with ae. ar and asthma severity were assessed in consecutive ae patients see...

Opening the Credit Box