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Association between Diet Quality and Adolescent Wheezing: Effect Modification by Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2022; 19:1328-1337. [PMID: 35263245 DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202107-837oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Protective effects of a high quality diet on respiratory health, particularly among youths exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), are unknown. OBJECTIVES To assess if a higher quality diet is associated with improved respiratory symptoms and lung function among adolescents, and if these associations are modified by ETS exposure. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study on 7,026 nonsmoking adolescents of the 2003-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Diet quality was assessed using the Healthy Eating Index-2010 score (HEI-2010), categorized into quintiles. ETS exposure was measured using serum cotinine, dichotomized as high (>2.99 ng/ml) or low (≤2.99 ng/ml). Outcomes included the presence of wheezing and cough symptoms in the past 12 months, and in a sub-group, spirometric lung function. Survey-design adjusted logistic and linear models evaluated associations between diet and 1) respiratory symptoms and 2) lung function, respectively, and assessed the interaction between HEI-2010 and serum cotinine. RESULTS While there were no significant associations between diet quality and respiratory symptoms, there was a significant interaction between HEI-2010 and serum cotinine on wheezing (pint = 0.011). In models stratified by serum cotinine, adolescents with high serum cotinine and the healthiest diet (5th quintile HEI-2010) experienced lower wheezing odds (OR, 0.10; 95% CI, 0.02-0.61), compared to those with the poorest diet (1st quintile HEI-2010). In contrast, among adolescents with low serum cotinine, there were no significant differences in any respiratory symptoms between those with the highest, compared to the lowest diet quality. Of the sub-group with spirometry data (n = 3,166), there was a trend towards better lung function with improving diet quality, although this did not achieve statistical significance. There was no effect modification by ETS exposure on the relationship between diet quality and lung function. CONCLUSIONS Consuming a higher quality diet was associated with lower wheezing odds in adolescents with substantial ETS exposure. While longitudinal studies are needed, public health interventions to improve diet quality in vulnerable, environmentally-exposed populations merit consideration.
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The modifiable biopsychosocial drivers of psychological distress for adolescents with asthma: Implications for Clinical Care. Paediatr Respir Rev 2022; 41:68-72. [PMID: 34531130 DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2021.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Overwhelming distress exceeds the capacity of healthy coping strategies to feel better using healthy coping strategies alone, resulting in the use of unhealthy coping strategies. Unhealthy coping strategies may exacerbate asthma symptoms and asthma can contribute to overwhelming distress. This study aimed to review the modifiable drivers of overwhelming distress in adolescents with asthma. METHODS The biopsychosocial drivers of psychological distress for adolescents with asthma were explored within the domains of the modifiable biopsychosocial model of health and wellbeing. RESULTS Asthma in adolescents is associated with problems in the domains of environment, developmental outcomes, sense of belonging, health behaviours, coping, and treatment of illness. CONCLUSIONS The relationship between asthma and psychological distress highlights the need for holistic treatment of asthma. Further research is needed to establish causation between variables and to investigate whether interventions that address either asthma symptoms or biopsychosocial drivers of distress can improve both factors.
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Sandnes A, Andersen T, Clemm HH, Hilland M, Heimdal JH, Halvorsen T, Røksund OD, Vollsæter M. Clinical responses following inspiratory muscle training in exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 279:2511-2522. [PMID: 34954812 PMCID: PMC8986676 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-021-07214-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Purpose Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is relatively common in young people. Treatment rests on poor evidence; however, inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has been proposed a promising strategy. We aimed to assess laryngeal outcomes shortly after IMT, and to compare self-reported symptoms with a control group 4–6 years later. Methods Two groups were retrospectively identified from the EILO-register at Haukeland University Hospital, Norway; one group had received only information and breathing advice (IBA), and another additionally IMT (IBA + IMT). At diagnosis, all participants performed continuous laryngoscopy during exercise (CLE), with findings split by glottic and supraglottic scores, and completed a questionnaire mapping exercise-related symptoms. After 2–4 weeks, the IBA + IMT-group was re-evaluated with CLE-test. After 4–6 years, both groups were re-assessed with a questionnaire. Results We identified 116 eligible patients from the EILO-register. Response rates after 4–6 years were 23/58 (40%) and 32/58 (55%) in the IBA and IBA + IMT-group, respectively. At diagnosis, both groups rated symptoms similarly, but laryngeal scores were higher in the IBA + IMT-group (P = 0.003). After 2–4 weeks, 23/32 in the IBA + IMT-group reported symptom improvements, associated with a decrease of mainly glottic scores (1.7–0.3; P < 0.001), contrasting unchanged scores in the 9/32 without symptom improvements. After 4–6 years, exercise-related symptoms and activity levels had decreased to similar levels in both groups, with no added benefit from IMT; however, full symptom resolution was reported by only 8/55 participants. Conclusion Self-reported EILO symptoms had improved after 4–6 years, irrespective of initial treatment. Full symptom resolution was rare, suggesting individual follow-up should be offered. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00405-021-07214-5.
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- Astrid Sandnes
- Department of Internal Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Gjøvik, Norway. .,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Thoracic Department, Norwegian Advisory Unit on Home Mechanical Ventilation, Bergen, Norway.,The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Institute of Surgical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Thoracic Department, Norwegian Advisory Unit on Home Mechanical Ventilation, Bergen, Norway
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Gashi V, Ahmetaj L. The Prevalence of Self-reported Respiratory Symptoms, Asthma and use of Asthma Medication Among Young Adolescents from Southeast Kosovo. Med Arch 2020; 74:19-23. [PMID: 32317829 PMCID: PMC7164728 DOI: 10.5455/medarh.2020.74.19-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by episodes of airway narrowing leading to manifestations of symptoms such as wheeze, shortness of breath, chest tightness and cough, that may resolve spontaneously or following treatment. AIM The aim of this paper was to present the collected data related to the prevalence of self-reported respiratory symptoms, asthma, and use of asthma medication among school children aged 13-14 years from the city of Gjilan, a municipality located in southeast Kosovo. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study realized during the year 2018 as a part of the Project of Global Asthma Network (GAN) Phase I. The study elaborated randomly selected sample of 1200 school children from the city of Gjilan, in the southeast of Kosovo. The mean age was 13.4±0.51 with median IQR=13 (13-14). About 618 (51.5%) were male and 582 (48.5%) were female with the relation between the genders of 1:1.1. The percentage difference between the genders was not statistically significant (Difference test: Difference 3% [(-0.99-6.99) CI 95%]; Chi-square=2.159; df=1 p=0.1417). The prevalence of wheezing/ whistling in the chest EVER and the last 12 months was 12.7% vs. 6.4% respectively with no significant association between gender and symptoms (p>0.05) (Table 1). About 1132 (94.3%) had no attacks of wheezing in the last 12 MONTHS, 59 (4.9%) had 1-3 attacks, 7 (0.6%) had 4-12 attacks and 2 (0.2%) had>12 attacks. The analysis did not indicate a significant association between gender and the frequency of wheezing attacks (none / 1-3 / ≥ 4) for Pearson Chi-square: 2.5501; df=2; p=0.2801. CONCLUSION This study has found moderately low asthma prevalence among adolescents in the southeast region of Kosovo, with no significant association between genders. Although, should be considered as an urgent need the proper examination, because asthma seems to be under-diagnosed and also untreated. It's possible that doctors in our country hesitate to diagnose asthma or the parents themselves and the children deny it.
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- Valbona Gashi
- Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
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- Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Prishtina, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
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Increased prevalence of exercise-induced airway symptoms - A five-year follow-up from adolescence to young adulthood. Respir Med 2019; 154:76-81. [PMID: 31226623 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Exercise-induced airway symptoms are common in adolescents. Little is known about the development of symptoms from adolescence to early adulthood. Therefore, we studied the prevalence, incidence, and remission of exercise-induced airway symptoms (including wheeze, cough, chest and throat tightness, hoarseness, and stridor) in adolescents, over a five-year period. METHODS In 2011, all adolescents aged 12-13 years in Uppsala (n = 3 838) were invited to answer a questionnaire on exercise-induced airway symptoms. All responding adolescents (n = 2 309) were invited to answer the same questionnaire again after five years. In total, 1 002 adolescents responded (43.4%). RESULTS The prevalence of exercise-induced airway symptoms increased from 25% at baseline to 49% at follow-up (p < 0.001). More females than males reported symptoms at both time points. The incidence of airway symptoms was 42.2%, with no sex differences. More males than females reported symptom remission (20.2 vs. 10.7%, p < 0.001). Females reported a higher asthma prevalence at follow-up than at baseline (7.6 vs. 15.2%), while males did not (10.9 vs. 8.0%), leading to a sex difference in prevalence at follow-up (p < 0.001). Smoking and baseline respiratory symptoms were associated with an increased risk of reporting symptoms at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS A twofold increase in the prevalence of exercise-induced airway symptoms over a five-year period was found in this cohort. Females were more likely to report symptoms at both time points. Knowledge of these age-related changes in symptoms and their association to female gender is useful for future studies and healthcare providers.
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Siañez M, Highfield L, Collins T, Grineski S. Burden of Illness, Primary Care Use, and Medication Utilization among US-México Border Children with Wheezing. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2019; 6:594-602. [PMID: 30610568 DOI: 10.1007/s40615-018-00558-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Among high-risk, underserved populations, such as children living along the US-México border, suffering from asthma-like symptoms without an asthma diagnosis can result in a high burden of illness. We estimated the prevalence of physician-diagnosed and possible undiagnosed asthma among students with histories of wheezing in the US-México border community of El Paso, Texas, and evaluated their burden of illness, primary care use, and medication utilization. METHODS We analyzed cross-sectional survey data collected in May 2012. The survey included validated International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) items. We performed bivariate and logistic regression analyses on data from 307 students who wheezed. RESULTS Forty-two percent of students had possible undiagnosed asthma and 58% had physician-diagnosed asthma based on primary caretaker reports. Children of Mexican origin were more likely to report undiagnosed vs. diagnosed asthma (p < 0.05). Children with an asthma diagnosis were more likely to report any medication use for wheezing/asthma and to experience a higher burden of illness in the last year compared to students with possible undiagnosed asthma (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The burden of illness among these children was high; however, children with asthma-like symptoms were not faring worse than children with asthma symptoms and a diagnosis. Undiagnosed children were being evaluated and receiving treatment for their symptoms; however, by not receiving a diagnosis, they were eliciting an ameliorative rather than preventive treatment strategy.
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- Mónica Siañez
- Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health (MPACH), UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health (MPACH), UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- Departments of Sociology and Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Departments of Sociology and Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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Jackson WM, O’Shea TM, Allred EN, Laughon MM, Gower WA, Leviton A. Risk factors for chronic lung disease and asthma differ among children born extremely preterm. Pediatr Pulmonol 2018; 53:1533-1540. [PMID: 30160065 PMCID: PMC6716602 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the hypothesis that chronic lung disease of prematurity (CLD) is a risk factor for asthma in children born extremely preterm, and the hypothesis that the risk factors for CLD are similar to those for asthma. METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed using data collected prospectively from 882 children born before the 28th week of gestation between 2002 and 2004 who returned for follow-up at ages 12 and 24 months and 10 years. We created time-oriented logistic regression models to compare risk factors for CLD, defined as need for supplemental oxygen at 36 weeks postmenstrual age, and parent-reported asthma at 10 years of age. RESULTS CLD diagnosed during neonatal admission was associated with bronchodilator use at 12 months and 24 months (P < 0.001), but not with an asthma diagnosis at 10 years (Odds Ratio 1.3; 95% confidence interval 0.98-1.8). While risk factors for CLD include lower gestational age (OR 2.7; 1.5-4.7) and fetal growth restriction (OR 2.3; 1.4-3.7), risk factors for asthma include mother's eligibility for public insurance (Medicaid) (OR 1.8; 1.1-2.8), and higher weight gain velocity during the first year (OR 1.5; 1.02-2.2) and between the 2nd and 10th year (OR 1.7; 1.2-2.4). CONCLUSIONS Among children born extremely preterm, the diagnosis of CLD and its antecedents were associated with transient preschool wheezing, but not with asthma. Post-NICU factors, such as growth velocity and socioeconomic disadvantage, appear to have stronger associations with asthma than exposures during NICU admission.
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- Wesley M. Jackson
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Departments of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Departments of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Albuquerque Rodrigues Filho ED, Rizzo JÂ, Gonçalves AV, Correia Junior MADV, Sarinho ESC, Medeiros D. Exercise-induced bronchospasm in children and adolescents with allergic rhinitis by treadmill and hyperventilation challenges. Respir Med 2018; 138:102-106. [PMID: 29724380 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Respiratory complaints after exercise are common in patients with rhinitis. Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) may be one of the causes. OBJECTIVES To evaluate EIB prevalence in a group of children and adolescents with allergic rhinitis, to compare the treadmill running (TR) and eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation (EVH) challenge methods as diagnostic tools and to assess the association between respiratory complaints on exercise and EIB. METHODS Patients aged between 10 and 20 years were studied at the Pulmonology Department of the Hospital das Clínicas -UFPE- Recife, Brazil. The severity of symptoms of rhinitis and exercise-related respiratory complaints in the past year were evaluated. Challenges were performed in random sequence, no more than 72 h apart and followed international guidelines. Forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) was determined before and 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 and 30 min after each challenge. A >10% reduction in FEV1 from baseline at two points after the challenge was considered sufficient to diagnose EIB. RESULTS Of the thirty-five subjects evaluated, thirteen (37%) showed EIB, six by both methods, three only after TR and four only after EVH (Coens' Kappa = 0.489). There was no association between respiratory complaints after exercise and EIB (p = 0.74). CONCLUSION A high prevalence of EIB was found in this population but only moderate agreement between the challenges used to diagnose EIB. Caution should be adopted when comparing these methods or interpreting their results interchangeably. There was no association between reported respiratory symptoms after exercise and EIB.
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- Edil de Albuquerque Rodrigues Filho
- Health Sciences Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Child and Adolescent Health Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Health Sciences Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Pneumology Department, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Center for Research in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Child and Adolescent Health Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
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- Health Sciences Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Health Sciences Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Center for Research in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Child and Adolescent Health Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Postgraduate Course in Hebiatrics and Physical Education at the University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Health Sciences Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Center for Research in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Child and Adolescent Health Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Health Sciences Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Center for Research in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Child and Adolescent Health Postgraduate Course, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Yang CL, Simons E, Foty RG, Subbarao P, To T, Dell SD. Misdiagnosis of asthma in schoolchildren. Pediatr Pulmonol 2017; 52:293-302. [PMID: 27505297 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.23541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND A correct diagnosis of asthma is the cornerstone of asthma management. Few pediatric studies have examined the accuracy of physician-diagnosed asthma. OBJECTIVES We determined the accuracy of parent reported physician-diagnosed asthma in children sampled from a community cohort. METHODS Nested case-control study that recruited 203 children, aged 9-12, from a community-based sample. Three groups were recruited: asthma cases had a parental report of physician-diagnosed asthma, symptomatic controls had respiratory symptoms without a diagnosis of asthma, and asymptomatic controls had no respiratory symptoms. All participants were assessed and assigned a clinical diagnosis by one of three study physicians, and then completed spirometry, methacholine challenge, and allergy skin testing. The reference standard of asthma required a study physician's clinical diagnosis of asthma and either reversible bronchoconstriction or a positive methacholine challenge. Diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity were calculated for parent-reported asthma diagnosis compared to the reference standard. RESULTS One hundred two asthma cases, 52 controls with respiratory symptoms but no asthma diagnosis, and 49 asymptomatic controls were assessed. Physician agreement for the diagnosis of asthma was moderate (kappa 0.46-0.81). Compared to the reference standard, 45% of asthma cases were overdiagnosed and 10% of symptomatic controls were underdiagnosed. Parental report of physician-diagnosed asthma had 75% sensitivity and 92% specificity for correctly identifying asthma. CONCLUSIONS There is significant misclassification of childhood asthma when the diagnosis relies solely on a clinical history. This study highlights the importance of objective testing to confirm the diagnosis of asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017;52:293-302. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- C L Yang
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health, Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health, Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health, Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health, Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Yeatts K. "Health consequences associated with frequent wheezing in adolescents without asthma diagnosis." K. Yeatts, K. Johnston Davis, D. Peden and C. Shy. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: 781-786. Eur Respir J 2016; 46:1532. [PMID: 26523892 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.50095803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Karin Yeatts
- Dept of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Johansson H, Norlander K, Alving K, Hedenström H, Janson C, Malinovschi A, Nordang L, Emtner M. Exercise test using dry air in random adolescents: Temporal profile and predictors of bronchoconstriction. Respirology 2015; 21:289-96. [PMID: 26588807 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Guidelines recommend exercise tests using dry air to diagnose exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB). Lung function changes subsequent to these tests have not been investigated in a general adolescent population, and it remains unknown whether signs of airway inflammation, measured using exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), can predict a positive response. The aim of this study was to investigate the temporal aspect of decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1 ) after an exercise test using dry air, and to investigate predictors of EIB. METHODS From a cross-sectional study on adolescents aged 13-15 years (n = 3838), a random subsample of 146 adolescents (99 with and 47 without self-reported exercise-induced dyspnoea) underwent standardized treadmill exercise tests for EIB while breathing dry air. RESULTS Of the adolescents, 34% had a positive EIB test (decline of ≥10% in FEV1 from baseline) within 30 min. Of the subjects with EIB, 53% showed the greatest decline in FEV1 at 5 to 10 min (mean decline 18.5%), and the remaining 47% of the subjects showed the greatest decline at 15 to 30 min (mean decline 18.9%) after exercise. Increased FeNO (>20 ppb), female gender and self-reported exercise-induced dyspnoea were independently associated with a positive EIB test. CONCLUSION When assessing general adolescents for EIB with exercise test using dry air, there is a temporal variation in the greatest FEV1 decline after exercise. Therefore, lung function should be measured for at least 30 min after the exercise. Increased FeNO, female gender and self-reported exercise-induced dyspnoea can be predictors of a positive EIB test.
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- Henrik Johansson
- Neuroscience/Physiotherapy and Medical Sciences, Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Surgical Sciences: Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Medical Sciences, Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Surgical Sciences: Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Neuroscience/Physiotherapy and Medical Sciences, Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Johansson H, Norlander K, Hedenström H, Janson C, Nordang L, Nordvall L, Emtner M. Exercise-induced dyspnea is a problem among the general adolescent population. Respir Med 2014; 108:852-8. [PMID: 24731799 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2014.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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RATIONALE Respiratory symptoms during exercise are common and might limit adolescents' ability to take part in physical activity. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence, determinants and consequences of exercise-induced dyspnea (EID) on daily life in a general population of 12-13 year old adolescents. METHODS A letter was sent to the parents of all 12-13 year old adolescents in the city of Uppsala (n = 3838). Parents were asked to complete a questionnaire together with their child on EID, asthma and allergy, consequences for daily life (wheeze, day time- and nocturnal dyspnea) and physical activity. The response rate was 60% (n = 2309). RESULTS Fourteen percent (n = 330) reported EID, i.e. had experienced an attack of shortness of breath that occurred after strenuous activity within the last 12 months. Female gender, ever-asthma and rhinitis were independently associated with an increased risk of EID. Ever-asthma was reported by 14.6% (n = 338), and 5.4% (n = 128) had both EID and ever-asthma. Sixty-one percent (n = 202) of the participants with EID did not have a diagnosis of asthma. In addition to rhinitis, participants with EID reported current wheeze and day-time as well as nocturnal dyspnea more often than the group without EID. No difference was found in the level of physical activity between participants with and without EID. CONCLUSION Adolescents with undiagnosed exercise-induced dyspnea have respiratory symptoms and are affected in daily life but have the same level of physical activity as adolescents without exercise-induced respiratory symptoms.
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- H Johansson
- Physiotherapy, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Clinical Physiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Pediatrics, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Physiotherapy, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Osiadlo G, Plewa M, Zebrowska A, Nowak Z. Pulmonary physiotherapy in patients with bronchial asthma. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 755:111-5. [PMID: 22826057 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4546-9_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the present study we investigated the effectiveness of a 3-month breathing exercise program in patients with mild-to-moderate asthma, as assessed from spirometric indices. The study group consisted of 28 asthma patients (mean age of 43 years). The physiotherapy program consisted of 45-min exercise sessions, performed twice a week for 3 months. We measured the flow-volume indices (FEV(1), FVC, PEF, MEF(50)) before and after the exercise sessions at the beginning and end of the physiotherapy program. In addition, the patients measured their personal best peak expiratory flow (PEF). We found no significant changes in spirometric indices before and after an exercise session either at the beginning or end of the physiotherapy program, although there was a tendency for lower values after the exercise sessions at both beginning and end of the physiotherapy program. There was a significant decrease in PEF after an exercise session at the beginning of the physiotherapy program; this decrease lost significance after completion of the physiotherapy program. However, PEF values were greater both before and after the exercise sessions at the end of the physiotherapy program compared with the corresponding sessions before the program. We conclude that the breathing exercise program employed in the study failed to appreciably improve lung function in asthmatic patients. However, there was no asthma exacerbations observed during the conduction of breathing exercise program, which underscores the need for pulmonary rehabilitation in asthma treatment.
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- Grazyna Osiadlo
- Department of Bases of Clinical Physiotherapy, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland
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Factors related to under-diagnosis and under-treatment of childhood asthma in metropolitan France. Multidiscip Respir Med 2012; 7:24. [PMID: 22958936 PMCID: PMC3436684 DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-7-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Under-diagnosis and under-treatment of childhood asthma were investigated in France using data collected during the 6 Cities Study, the French contribution to the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood. METHODS 7,781 schoolchildren aged between 9 and 10 years underwent a medical visit including skin prick tests to common allergens and exercise test for Exercise-Induced Asthma (EIA) and their parents filled in a standardized questionnaire on asthma, management, treatment and potential risk factors. RESULTS 903 children reported asthma (11.6%), 377 without a doctor's diagnosis. Of the 526 participants with a diagnosis of asthma confirmed by a doctor (58.2%), 353 were treated and 76 were not treated during the year preceding the investigation despite their diagnosis. The information on the treatment was missing for the rest of individuals diagnosed with asthma (n = 97). Having a treatment was significantly associated with severe asthma and with the presence of other respiratory and allergic stigmata (atopic eczema, rhinitis, positive skin allergy tests, and EIA). In addition, having a treatment did not correspond to a good control of the disease. Similarly, children with asthma-like symptoms but without doctor-diagnosed asthma had asthma less well controlled than children with diagnosed asthma. They were also more exposed to passive smoking and traffic but had fewer pets. In contrast, diagnosed children reported more frequently a small weight at birth and a preterm birth. CONCLUSIONS In France, childhood asthma is still under-diagnosed and under-treated and environmental factors play a role in these phenomena.
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Ferrante G, La Grutta S. Reasons for inadequate asthma control in children: an important contribution from the "French 6 Cities Study". Multidiscip Respir Med 2012; 7:23. [PMID: 22958876 PMCID: PMC3436680 DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-7-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Giuliana Ferrante
- CNR Institute of Biomedicine and Clinical Immunology, Palermo, Italy.
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van Gent R, van Essen LEM, Rovers MM, Kimpen JLL, van der Ent CK, de Meer G. Quality of life in children with undiagnosed and diagnosed asthma. Eur J Pediatr 2007; 166:843-8. [PMID: 17589815 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0358-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Accepted: 10/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study describes the impact of undiagnosed and diagnosed asthma on quality of life in schoolchildren aged 7-10 years and their caregivers in a cross-sectional community-based study. Diagnosed asthma was defined as the parents' confirmation of a physician's diagnosis of asthma. Undiagnosed asthma was defined by asthma symptoms combined with airway reversibility or bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Quality of life was evaluated in all children with asthma and a sample of healthy controls by the Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire, and by the Paediatric Asthma Caregiver's Quality of Life Questionnaire. We studied the impact of breathing problems on school absence. Compared with healthy controls, quality of life scores among children and their caregivers were lower if the child had asthma (P < 0.05), with lowest scores in diagnosed asthma (P < 0.05 compared with undiagnosed asthma). Children with asthma reported more school absence (P < 0.05), with highest absence rate in those with diagnosed asthma. In conclusion, both undiagnosed and diagnosed asthma have a significant impact on the quality of life of both children and their caregivers.
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- René van Gent
- Department of Pediatrics, Máxima Medical Centre, P.O. Box 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
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Bousquet J, Clark TJH, Hurd S, Khaltaev N, Lenfant C, O'byrne P, Sheffer A. GINA guidelines on asthma and beyond. Allergy 2007; 62:102-12. [PMID: 17298416 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01305.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Clinical guidelines are systematically developed statements designed to help practitioners and patients make decisions regarding the appropriate health care for specific circumstances. Guidelines are based on the scientific evidence on therapeutic interventions. The first asthma guidelines were published in the mid 1980s when asthma became a recognized public health problem in many countries. The Global Initiative on Asthma (GINA) was launched in 1995 as a collaborative effort between the NHLBI and the World Health Organization (WHO). The first edition was opinion-based but updates were evidence-based. A new update of the GINA guidelines was recently available and it is based on the control of the disease. Asthma guidelines are prepared to stimulate the implementation of practical guidelines in order to reduce the global burden of asthma. Although asthma guidelines may not be perfect, they appear to be the best vehicle available to assist primary care physicians and patients to receive the best possible care of asthma.
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- J Bousquet
- University Hospital and INSERM U454, Montpellier, France
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Sotir M, Yeatts K, Miller W, Shy C. Comparison of asthma-related functional consequences and health care utilization among children with and without upper respiratory infection-triggered wheezing. J Asthma 2006; 43:629-32. [PMID: 17050230 DOI: 10.1080/02770900600878925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We compared differences in functional consequences and health care utilization in middle school-age children, based on whether they reported wheezing triggered by upper respiratory infections (URI-TW). METHODS Information on asthma symptoms, URI-TW, and functional consequence and health care use outcomes was collected from approximately 128,000 children; symptomatic participants were included in the analysis. Adjusted prevalence odds ratios were used to make comparisons. RESULTS URI-TW was significantly associated with most outcomes examined, with stronger associations at increasing levels of outcomes for sleep disturbances, school absences, activity limitations, physician visits, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, inhaler use, and tablets/pills to help breathing. CONCLUSION Children who report URI-TW during their middle school years experience substantial morbidity and high health care utilization compared with symptomatic children without URI-TW.
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- Mark Sotir
- School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Mirabelli MC, Wing S, Marshall SW, Wilcosky TC. Asthma symptoms among adolescents who attend public schools that are located near confined swine feeding operations. Pediatrics 2006; 118:e66-75. [PMID: 16818539 PMCID: PMC4517575 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Little is known about the health effects of living in close proximity to industrial swine operations. We assessed the relationship between estimated exposure to airborne effluent from confined swine feeding operations and asthma symptoms among adolescents who were aged 12 to 14 years. METHODS During the 1999-2000 school year, 58169 adolescents in North Carolina answered questions about their respiratory symptoms, allergies, medications, socioeconomic status, and household environments. To estimate the extent to which these students may have been exposed during the school day to air pollution from confined swine feeding operations, we used publicly available data about schools (n = 265) and swine operations (n = 2343) to generate estimates of exposure for each public school. Prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals for wheezing within the past year were estimated using random-intercepts binary regression models, adjusting for potential confounders, including age, race, socioeconomic status, smoking, school exposures, and household exposures. RESULTS The prevalence of wheezing during the past year was slightly higher at schools that were estimated to be exposed to airborne effluent from confined swine feeding operations. For students who reported allergies, the prevalence of wheezing within the past year was 5% higher at schools that were located within 3 miles of an operation relative to those beyond 3 miles and 24% higher at schools in which livestock odor was noticeable indoors twice per month or more relative to those with no odor. CONCLUSIONS Estimated exposure to airborne pollution from confined swine feeding operations is associated with adolescents' wheezing symptoms.
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- Maria C Mirabelli
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
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Stempel DA, Spahn JD, Stanford RH, Rosenzweig JRC, McLaughlin TP. The economic impact of children dispensed asthma medications without an asthma diagnosis. J Pediatr 2006; 148:819-23. [PMID: 16769395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2005] [Revised: 12/01/2005] [Accepted: 01/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the resource utilization and healthcare costs of children with a diagnosis of asthma, children dispensed asthma medications but without a diagnosis of asthma, and control children. STUDY DESIGN Children 0 to 17 years old were identified from an integrated managed-care database during calendar year 2001. They were compared on the basis of the presence of a medical claim for asthma (Dx cohort); a prescription for an asthma controller or reliever medication (excluding oral corticosteroids) but without an asthma diagnosis (Rx cohort), and control children. Using medical and pharmacy claims, resource utilization and costs were compared across cohorts. RESULTS Children in both the Dx and Rx cohorts had significantly greater nonasthma and total all-cause annual healthcare costs compared with control children. The Dx and Rx cohorts had higher rates of nonasthma emergency department visits and hospitalizations. The risk of an oral corticosteroid dispensed was 14-fold and 7-fold greater for the Dx and Rx cohorts, respectively, compared with the control children. These findings were consistent in infant, toddler, school-age, and adolescent groups. CONCLUSIONS Children dispensed asthma medications but lacking an asthma diagnosis have considerable morbidity and incur high healthcare resource utilization. This study suggests that better recognition of pediatric asthma is warranted.
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- David A Stempel
- Infomed Northwest Bellevue and University of Washington, Bellevue, Washington 98004, USA.
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The provider's ability to judge the severity of a patient's illness is a vital part of the care of chronic disorders. In the treatment of asthma, it should extend beyond the objectively quantifiable measures of obstruction or inflammation. "Interference with activities of daily living" is a highly subjective assessment that may not allow quantitative comparisons, but it matters to the patient. Interventions aimed at lessening the burden of asthma on the daily life of the patient and his or her family may hold the key to improvement in a broader range of outcome measures.
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- Robert Sherman
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, USA
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As we move forward, our goal is to control and eliminate asthma and other allergic disorders. This may come through broadly applied manipulation of environmental, dietary, and infectious risk factors, possibly during the perinatal period. Or we may learn to identify genetically susceptible children and to intervene with individualized genotype-specific treatment before the onset of disease. Maybe we'll learn how to block the mechanisms that give rise to chronic inflammation, or how to subdue Th2 activation. However, as the Swedish proverb says--Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. To continue using the old bucket, we have to fix the leaks. One approach to reducing asthma disparities is through traditional disease prevention stages. Primary prevention targets asthma incidence; secondary prevention mitigates established disease and involves disease detection, management, and control; and tertiary prevention is the reduction of complications caused by severe disease. Once causative factors at each level of disease prevention are understood, this knowledge can be translated into clinical practice and public health policy. We need reliable diagnostic criteria to provide correct treatment for infants and toddlers. This will require longitudinal cohort studies supported by assessment of pulmonary function and inflammatory markers. We must find ways to convince more physicians to embrace controller therapy for more severe disease, and to identify the patients with less severe disease who also require ongoing controller therapy. We need to close the gap between what we know and what we do in practice. We need to link basic research to healthcare delivery, and to gain acceptance and support from the intended recipients of new interventions. We need better strategies for improving adherence. We need accountability, foresight, and imagination.
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- Henry Milgrom
- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80206, USA.
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Stempel DA, McLaughlin TP, Stanford RH. Treatment patterns for pediatric asthma prior to and after emergency department events. Pediatr Pulmonol 2005; 40:310-5. [PMID: 16010682 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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There are 2 million asthma-related emergency department (ED) events each year in the United States. Children share a disproportional burden of these events. This study was designed to describe the treatment patterns in children in the year prior to and 2 months after an ED event. This retrospective observational study utilized the PharMetrics Integrated Outcomes Database that contains administrative claims from over 20 managed-care plans across the United States. Children aged 1-17 years with at least one ED visit for asthma during 2001 were included. Patients were required to have data available 12 months prior to and 2 months following the ED visit. We identified 5,501 pediatric asthma-related ED admissions. In the year prior to the ED event, 19.4% of children received an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), 31.4% an oral corticosteroid (OCS), and 58.3% a short-acting beta-agonist (SABA). Overall, there were 3.7 albuterol units for every ICS unit dispensed in the 12 months prior to the event. Ninety-four percent of the children had an office visit in the year prior to the ED visit. Prescriptions dispensed for ICS and OCS increased 2.9-fold and 8.2-fold, respectively, in the month after the ED event. However, the dispensing rates for both medications reverted to near baseline by the second month after the index event. In conclusion, this study demonstrates the dependence of children with asthma on the use of rescue medications. An ED event results in only an incremental and transient increase in ICS-containing controller treatment.
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Carter ER, Debley JS, Redding GJ. Changes in asthma prevalence and impact on health and function in Seattle middle-school children: 1995 vs 2003. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2005; 94:634-9. [PMID: 15984594 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)61320-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of asthma has increased during the past several decades but may have stabilized during the last 5 years. It is not known whether the functional and health impact of asthma has decreased during the past decade. OBJECTIVE To evaluate changes during a recent 8-year period in the prevalence and health and functional impact of current asthma symptoms in young teenagers. METHODS In 1995 and 2003, 2,330 and 2,397 middle-school students from Seattle, WA, respectively (median age, 13 years), completed written surveys and answered questions pertaining to 4 wheezing or asthma video scenarios. Children were categorized as having physician-diagnosed current asthma (wheeze in the past year and a physician diagnosis of asthma), undiagnosed current asthma symptoms (wheeze in the past year without a physician diagnosis), or no asthma. Outcome measures were the prevalence of asthma and undiagnosed asthma symptoms and the differences between years in respiratory-associated functional impairment (exercise limitation, missed school, disrupted sleep) and health impact (physician visits, wheeze-limited speech). RESULTS The prevalence of physician-diagnosed current asthma increased from 1995 to 2003 (3.0% to 6.2%), whereas that for undiagnosed current asthma symptoms decreased (12.0% to 6.2%). The degree of functional and health impairment was similar between the 2 study periods for each subgroup and was highest in the children with physician-diagnosed current asthma. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of current asthma symptoms in middle-school children from Seattle decreased slightly between 1995 and 2003, whereas the diagnosis of asthma increased. However, the health and functional impact of asthma did not diminish. Asthma is being diagnosed more often, but many children with asthma are still not achieving good asthma control.
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- Edward R Carter
- Department of Pediatrics, Pulmonary Division, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA.
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