OBJECTIVE To determine whether health outcomes of children who have asthma can be improved through the use of an Internet-enabled interactive multimedia asthma education program. METHODS Two hundred twenty-eight children with asthma visiting a pediatric pulmonary clinic were randomly assigned to control and intervention groups. Children and caregivers in both groups received traditional patie...

Information on parental asthma management practices for young children is sparse. The objective of this article is to determine if specific caregiver asthma management practices for children were associated with children's asthma morbidity. Caregivers of 100 inner-city children diagnosed with persistent asthma and participating in an ongoing asthma intervention study were enrolled and interview...

BACKGROUND Asthma is commonly treated during pregnancy, yet data on the safety of asthma medicines used during pregnancy are sparse. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety of the inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) fluticasone propionate (FP), alone and in fixed-dose combination with salmeterol (FSC) in terms of the risk of all major congenital malformations (MCMs), compare...

The diversity of pathology severe paediatric asthma demonstrates that the one-size-fits-all approach characterising many guidelines is inappropriate. term “asthma” best used to describe a clinical syndrome wheeze, chest tightness, breathlessness, and sometimes cough, making no assumptions about underlying pathology. Before personalising treatment, it essential make diagnosis correctly optimise ...

In the present study, ethanolic extract of Mesua ferrea L. stamens was investigated for its potential to reverse some features bronchial asthma in ovalbumin-induced murine model asthma. commonly called nagakeshar (Family, Calophyllaceae) is a well-known antiallergic drug Asian folk system medicines. work, pharmacological studies are done provide scientific evidence therapeutic plants allergic A...

Millions of people all over the world are using herbal medicines from thousands of years, due to their great interest in traditional medicines. They belief that herbal medicines might be effective in the treatment of certain diseases(Calixto, 2000).The genus Premna contains 200 species under the family Verbenaceaeall over the world and out of that approximately 30 species are present in India. ...

Asthma is a highly prevalent condition across Europe and numerous guidelines have been developed to optimise management. However, asthma can be neither cured nor prevented, treatment choices are limited and many patients have poorly controlled or uncontrolled asthma. The Brussels Declaration on Asthma, sponsored by The Asthma, Allergy and Inflammation Research Charity, was developed to call att...

In a study, published by Bowler et al the Buteyko method was compared with traditional asthma education and general breathing exercises. In both groups the participants were encouraged to use their reliever (beta-agonist) only when asthma symptoms were present. Inhaled preventer (corticosteroid) medicines were gradually reduced if the patient remained stable. Thirty-nine subjects were randomise...

OBJECTIVES Inadequate adaptation to long-term treatment of chronic illnesses is the most common reason for the inability to obtain the benefits medications can provide. Treatment compliance is influenced by several factors. Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) developed by Horne et al. in 1999 to evaluate the cognitive representation of medicines have many validation studies, which resul...

PURPOSE To examine the experiences and concerns of young people and their parents regarding the management of medication for asthma or diabetes whilst at school. METHODS Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with 69 young people aged 8-15 years (43 with asthma and 26 with diabetes) and their parents (138 interviews in total) in their own homes. Respondents were recruited thro...