1
|
Charron C, Troyanov S, Bouchard J, Madore F, Bernier-Jean A, Goupil R. POS-368 DOES NT-PROBNP VARIABILITY PREDICT RENAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR ADVERSE EVENTS IN PATIENTS WITH CKD STAGE G4-5? Kidney Int Rep 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
|
2
|
Bédard A, Antó JM, Fonseca JA, Arnavielhe S, Bachert C, Bedbrook A, Bindslev‐Jensen C, Bosnic‐Anticevich S, Cardona V, Cruz AA, Fokkens WJ, Garcia‐Aymerich J, Hellings PW, Ivancevich JC, Klimek L, Kuna P, Kvedariene V, Larenas‐Linnemann D, Melén E, Monti R, Mösges R, Mullol J, Papadopoulos NG, Pham‐Thi N, Samolinski B, Tomazic PV, Toppila‐Salmi S, Ventura MT, Yorgancioglu A, Bousquet J, Pfaar O, Basagaña X, Aberer W, Agache I, Akdis CA, Akdis M, Aliberti MR, Almeida R, Amat F, Angles R, Annesi‐Maesano I, Ansotegui IJ, Anto JM, Arnavielle S, Asayag E, Asarnoj A, Arshad H, Avolio F, Bacci E, Baiardini I, Barbara C, Barbagallo M, Baroni I, Barreto BA, Bateman ED, Bedolla‐Barajas M, Bewick M, Beghé B, Bel EH, Bergmann KC, Bennoor KS, Benson M, Bertorello L, Białoszewski AZ, Bieber T, Bialek S, Bjermer L, Blain H, Blasi F, Blua A, Bochenska Marciniak M, Bogus‐Buczynska I, Boner AL, Bonini M, Bonini S, Bosse I, Bouchard J, Boulet LP, Bourret R, Bousquet PJ, Braido F, Briedis V, Brightling CE, Brozek J, Bucca C, Buhl R, Buonaiuto R, Panaitescu C, Burguete Cabañas MT, Burte E, Bush A, Caballero‐Fonseca F, Caillaud D, Caimmi D, Calderon MA, Camargos PAM, Camuzat T, Canfora G, Canonica GW, Carlsen KH, Carreiro‐Martins P, Carriazo AM, Carr W, Cartier C, Casale T, Castellano G, Cecchi L, Cepeda AM, Chavannes NH, Chen Y, Chiron R, Chivato T, Chkhartishvili E, Chuchalin AG, Chung KF, Ciaravolo MM, Ciceran A, Cingi C, Ciprandi G, Carvalho Coehlo AC, Colas L, Colgan E, Coll J, Conforti D, Constantinidis J, Correia de Sousa J, Cortés‐Grimaldo RM, Corti F, Costa E, Costa‐Dominguez MC, Courbis AL, Cox L, Crescenzo M, Custovic A, Czarlewski W, Dahlen SE, D'Amato G, Dario C, da Silva J, Dauvilliers Y, Darsow U, De Blay F, De Carlo G, Dedeu T, de Fátima Emerson M, De Feo G, De Vries G, De Martino B, Motta Rubini NP, Deleanu D, Denburg JA, Devillier P, Di Capua Ercolano S, Di Carluccio N, Didier A, Dokic D, Dominguez‐Silva MG, Douagui H, Dray G, Dubakiene R, Durham SR, Du Toit G, Dykewicz MS, El‐Gamal Y, Eklund P, Eller E, Emuzyte R, Farrell J, Farsi A, Ferreira de Mello J, Ferrero J, Fink‐Wagner A, Fiocchi A, Fontaine JF, Forti S, Fuentes‐Perez JM, Gálvez‐Romero JL, Gamkrelidze A, García‐Cobas CY, Garcia‐Cruz MH, Gemicioğlu B, Genova S, Christoff G, Gereda JE, Gerth van Wijk R, Gomez RM, Gómez‐Vera J, González Diaz S, Gotua M, Grisle I, Guidacci M, Guldemond NA, Gutter Z, Guzmán MA, Haahtela T, Hajjam J, Hernández L, Hourihane JO, Huerta‐Villalobos YR, Humbert M, Iaccarino G, Illario M, Ispayeva Z, Jares EJ, Jassem E, Johnston SL, Joos G, Jung KS, Just J, Jutel M, Kaidashev I, Kalayci O, Kalyoncu AF, Karjalainen J, Kardas P, Keil T, Keith PK, Khaitov M, Khaltaev N, Kleine‐Tebbe J, Kowalski ML, Kuitunen M, Kull I, Kupczyk M, Krzych‐Fałta E, Lacwik P, Laune D, Lauri D, Lavrut J, Le LTT, Lessa M, Levato G, Li J, Lieberman P, Lipiec A, Lipworth B, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Louis R, Lourenço O, Luna‐Pech JA, Magnan A, Mahboub B, Maier D, Mair A, Majer I, Malva J, Mandajieva E, Manning P, De Manuel Keenoy E, Marshall GD, Masjedi MR, Maspero JF, Mathieu‐Dupas E, Matta Campos JJ, Matos AL, Maurer M, Mavale‐Manuel S, Mayora O, Meco C, Medina‐Avalos MA, Melo‐Gomes E, Meltzer EO, Menditto E, Mercier J, Miculinic N, Mihaltan F, Milenkovic B, Moda G, Mogica‐Martinez MD, Mohammad Y, Momas I, Montefort S, Mora Bogado D, Morais‐Almeida M, Morato‐Castro FF, Mota‐Pinto A, Moura Santo P, Münter L, Muraro A, Murray R, Naclerio R, Nadif R, Nalin M, Napoli L, Namazova‐Baranova L, Neffen H, Niedeberger V, Nekam K, Neou A, Nieto A, Nogueira‐Silva L, Nogues M, Novellino E, Nyembue TD, O'Hehir RE, Odzhakova C, Ohta K, Okamoto Y, Okubo K, Onorato GL, Ortega Cisneros M, Ouedraogo S, Pali‐Schöll I, Palkonen S, Panzner P, Park HS, Papi A, Passalacqua G, Paulino E, Pawankar R, Pedersen S, Pépin JL, Pereira AM, Persico M, Phillips J, Picard R, Pigearias B, Pin I, Pitsios C, Plavec D, Pohl W, Popov TA, Portejoie F, Potter P, Pozzi AC, Price D, Prokopakis EP, Puy R, Pugin B, Pulido Ross RE, Przemecka M, Rabe KF, Raciborski F, Rajabian‐Soderlund R, Reitsma S, Ribeirinho I, Rimmer J, Rivero‐Yeverino D, Rizzo JA, Rizzo MC, Robalo‐Cordeiro C, Rodenas F, Rodo X, Rodriguez Gonzalez M, Rodriguez‐Mañas L, Rolland C, Rodrigues Valle S, Roman Rodriguez M, Romano A, Rodriguez‐Zagal E, Rolla G, Roller‐Wirnsberger RE, Romano M, Rosado‐Pinto J, Rosario N, Rottem M, Ryan D, Sagara H, Salimäki J, Sanchez‐Borges M, Sastre‐Dominguez J, Scadding GK, Schunemann HJ, Scichilone N, Schmid‐Grendelmeier P, Sarquis Serpa F, Shamai S, Sheikh A, Sierra M, Simons FER, Siroux V, Sisul JC, Skrindo I, Solé D, Somekh D, Sondermann M, Sooronbaev T, Sova M, Sorensen M, Sorlini M, Spranger O, Stellato C, Stelmach R, Stukas R, Sunyer J, Strozek J, Szylling A, Tebyriçá JN, Thibaudon M, To T, Todo‐Bom A, Trama U, Triggiani M, Suppli Ulrik C, Urrutia‐Pereira M, Valenta R, Valero A, Valiulis A, Valovirta E, van Eerd M, van Ganse E, van Hage M, Vandenplas O, Vezzani G, Vasankari T, Vatrella A, Verissimo MT, Viart F, Viegi G, Vicheva D, Vontetsianos T, Wagenmann M, Walker S, Wallace D, Wang DY, Waserman S, Werfel T, Westman M, Wickman M, Williams DM, Williams S, Wilson N, Wright J, Wroczynski P, Yakovliev P, Yawn BP, Yiallouros PK, Yusuf OM, Zar HJ, Zhang L, Zhong N, Zernotti ME, Zhanat I, Zidarn M, Zuberbier T, Zubrinich C, Zurkuhlen A. Correlation between work impairment, scores of rhinitis severity and asthma using the MASK-air ® App. Allergy 2020; 75:1672-1688. [PMID: 31995656 DOI: 10.1111/all.14204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND In allergic rhinitis, a relevant outcome providing information on the effectiveness of interventions is needed. In MASK-air (Mobile Airways Sentinel Network), a visual analogue scale (VAS) for work is used as a relevant outcome. This study aimed to assess the performance of the work VAS work by comparing VAS work with other VAS measurements and symptom-medication scores obtained concurrently. METHODS All consecutive MASK-air users in 23 countries from 1 June 2016 to 31 October 2018 were included (14 189 users; 205 904 days). Geolocalized users self-assessed daily symptom control using the touchscreen functionality on their smart phone to click on VAS scores (ranging from 0 to 100) for overall symptoms (global), nose, eyes, asthma and work. Two symptom-medication scores were used: the modified EAACI CSMS score and the MASK control score for rhinitis. To assess data quality, the intra-individual response variability (IRV) index was calculated. RESULTS A strong correlation was observed between VAS work and other VAS. The highest levels for correlation with VAS work and variance explained in VAS work were found with VAS global, followed by VAS nose, eye and asthma. In comparison with VAS global, the mCSMS and MASK control score showed a lower correlation with VAS work. Results are unlikely to be explained by a low quality of data arising from repeated VAS measures. CONCLUSIONS VAS work correlates with other outcomes (VAS global, nose, eye and asthma) but less well with a symptom-medication score. VAS work should be considered as a potentially useful AR outcome in intervention studies.
Collapse
|
3
|
Affiliation(s)
- J. Bouchard
- Nephrology Hôpital Maisonneuve–Rosemont Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| | - D. Ouimet
- Nephrology Hôpital Maisonneuve–Rosemont Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| | - M. Vallée
- Nephrology Hôpital Maisonneuve–Rosemont Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| | - M. Leblanc
- Nephrology Hôpital Maisonneuve–Rosemont Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| | - V. Pichette
- Nephrology Hôpital Maisonneuve–Rosemont Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Bobin C, Bouchard J, Chisté V, Collins SM, Dryák P, Fenwick A, Keightley J, Lépy MC, Lourenço V, Robinson AP, Sochorová J, Šolc J, Thiam C. Activity measurements and determination of nuclear decay data of 166Ho in the MRTDosimetry project. Appl Radiat Isot 2019; 153:108826. [PMID: 31525708 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.108826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Holmium-166 is a high-energy β--emitter radionuclide (~ 1.8 MeV) with a short half-life (~26.8h) that offers great potential as an alternative to 90Y for the treatment of liver cancer based on radioembolization. The possibility of quantitative Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) imaging of the main γ-ray emission at 80.6 keV, in addition to strong paramagnetic properties suitable for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), complement this therapeutic potential. The present paper describes the measurements carried out in three European radionuclide metrology laboratories for primary standardization of 166Ho and new determinations of X- and γ-ray photon-emission intensities in the framework of the European EMPIR project MRTDosimetry. New half-life measurements were also performed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C Bobin
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, (LNE-LNHB), 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
| | - J Bouchard
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, (LNE-LNHB), 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - V Chisté
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, (LNE-LNHB), 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - S M Collins
- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
| | - P Dryák
- Czech Metrology Institute, Okruzni 31, 638 00, Brno, Czech Republic
| | - A Fenwick
- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
| | - J Keightley
- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
| | - M-C Lépy
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, (LNE-LNHB), 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - V Lourenço
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, (LNE-LNHB), 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - A P Robinson
- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, United Kingdom; University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom; Christie Medical Physics and Engineering (CMPE), The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow Road, M20 4BX, Manchester, United Kingdom
| | - J Sochorová
- Czech Metrology Institute, Okruzni 31, 638 00, Brno, Czech Republic
| | - J Šolc
- Czech Metrology Institute, Okruzni 31, 638 00, Brno, Czech Republic
| | - C Thiam
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, (LNE-LNHB), 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Grandjean F, Gilbert C, Razafimafondy F, Vucić M, Delaunay C, Gindre P, Bouchard J, Raimond M, Moumen B. A new bunya-like virus associated with mass mortality of white-clawed crayfish in the wild. Virology 2019; 533:115-124. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
|
6
|
Genest D, Khalili M, Goupil R, Bernier-Jean A, Bouchard J, Troyanov S, Madore F. SUN-312 HEALTHY DIET SCORE AND KIDNEY FUNCTION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS. Kidney Int Rep 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.05.719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
|
7
|
Bousquet J, Bedbrook A, Czarlewski W, Onorato GL, Arnavielhe S, Laune D, Mathieu-Dupas E, Fonseca J, Costa E, Lourenço O, Morais-Almeida M, Todo-Bom A, Illario M, Menditto E, Canonica GW, Cecchi L, Monti R, Napoli L, Ventura MT, De Feo G, Fokkens WJ, Chavannes NH, Reitsma S, Cruz AA, da Silva J, Serpa FS, Larenas-Linnemann D, Fuentes Perez JM, Huerta-Villalobos YR, Rivero-Yeverino D, Rodriguez-Zagal E, Valiulis A, Dubakiene R, Emuzyte R, Kvedariene V, Annesi-Maesano I, Blain H, Bonniaud P, Bosse I, Dauvilliers Y, Devillier P, Fontaine JF, Pépin JL, Pham-Thi N, Portejoie F, Picard R, Roche N, Rolland C, Schmidt-Grendelmeier P, Kuna P, Samolinski B, Anto JM, Cardona V, Mullol J, Pinnock H, Ryan D, Sheikh A, Walker S, Williams S, Becker S, Klimek L, Pfaar O, Bergmann KC, Mösges R, Zuberbier T, Roller-Wirnsberger RE, Tomazic PV, Haahtela T, Salimäki J, Toppila-Salmi S, Valovirta E, Vasankari T, Gemicioğlu B, Yorgancioglu A, Papadopoulos NG, Prokopakis EP, Tsiligianni IG, Bosnic-Anticevich S, O'Hehir R, Ivancevich JC, Neffen H, Zernotti ME, Kull I, Melén E, Wickman M, Bachert C, Hellings PW, Brusselle G, Palkonen S, Bindslev-Jensen C, Eller E, Waserman S, Boulet LP, Bouchard J, Chu DK, Schünemann HJ, Sova M, De Vries G, van Eerd M, Agache I, Ansotegui IJ, Bewick M, Casale T, Dykewick M, Ebisawa M, Murray R, Naclerio R, Okamoto Y, Wallace DV. Guidance to 2018 good practice: ARIA digitally-enabled, integrated, person-centred care for rhinitis and asthma. Clin Transl Allergy 2019; 9:16. [PMID: 30911372 PMCID: PMC6413444 DOI: 10.1186/s13601-019-0252-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Aims Mobile Airways Sentinel NetworK (MASK) belongs to the Fondation Partenariale MACVIA-LR of Montpellier, France and aims to provide an active and healthy life to rhinitis sufferers and to those with asthma multimorbidity across the life cycle, whatever their gender or socio-economic status, in order to reduce health and social inequities incurred by the disease and to improve the digital transformation of health and care. The ultimate goal is to change the management strategy in chronic diseases. Methods MASK implements ICT technologies for individualized and predictive medicine to develop novel care pathways by a multi-disciplinary group centred around the patients. Stakeholders Include patients, health care professionals (pharmacists and physicians), authorities, patient’s associations, private and public sectors. Results MASK is deployed in 23 countries and 17 languages. 26,000 users have registered. EU grants (2018) MASK is participating in EU projects (POLLAR: impact of air POLLution in Asthma and Rhinitis, EIT Health, DigitalHealthEurope, Euriphi and Vigour). Lessons learnt (i) Adherence to treatment is the major problem of allergic disease, (ii) Self-management strategies should be considerably expanded (behavioural), (iii) Change management is essential in allergic diseases, (iv) Education strategies should be reconsidered using a patient-centred approach and (v) Lessons learnt for allergic diseases can be expanded to chronic diseases.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J Bousquet
- 1MACVIA-France, Fondation Partenariale FMC VIA-LR, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.,INSERM U 1168, VIMA: Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, Université Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny Le Bretonneux, France.,Euforea, Brussels, Belgium.,4Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - A Bedbrook
- 1MACVIA-France, Fondation Partenariale FMC VIA-LR, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
| | - W Czarlewski
- Medical Consulting Czarlewski, Levallois, France
| | - G L Onorato
- 1MACVIA-France, Fondation Partenariale FMC VIA-LR, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
| | | | - D Laune
- KYomed INNOV, Montpellier, France
| | | | - J Fonseca
- Center for Research in Health Technology and Information Systems, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Medida, Lda Porto, Portugal
| | - E Costa
- 8UCIBIO, REQUINTE, Faculty of Pharmacy and Competence Center on Active and Healthy Ageing, University of Porto (Porto4Ageing), Porto, Portugal
| | - O Lourenço
- 9Faculty of Health Sciences and CICS - UBI, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
| | | | - A Todo-Bom
- 11Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra and Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - M Illario
- Division for Health Innovation, Campania Region and Federico II University Hospital Naples (R&D and DISMET), Naples, Italy
| | - E Menditto
- 13CIRFF, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
| | - G W Canonica
- 14Personalized Medicine Clinic Asthma and Allergy, Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
| | - L Cecchi
- SOS Allergology and Clinical Immunology, USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy
| | - R Monti
- 16Department of Medical Sciences, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Torino & Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy
| | - L Napoli
- Consortium of Pharmacies and Services COSAFER, Salerno, Italy
| | - M T Ventura
- 18Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
| | - G De Feo
- 19Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
| | - W J Fokkens
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - N H Chavannes
- 21Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - S Reitsma
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A A Cruz
- 22ProAR - Nucleo de Excelencia em Asma, Federal University of Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
| | - J da Silva
- WHO GARD Planning Group, Salvador, Brazil
| | - F S Serpa
- 24Department of Internal Medicine and Allergic Clinic of Professor Polydoro Ernani de Sao, Thiago University Hospital, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil.,25Asthma Reference Center, Escola Superior de Ciencias da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Vitoria, Vitória, Esperito Santo Brazil
| | - D Larenas-Linnemann
- Center of Excellence in Asthma and Allergy, Médica Sur Clinical Foundation and Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - J M Fuentes Perez
- 27Hospital General Regional 1 "Dr Carlos Mc Gregor Sanchez Navarro" IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - Y R Huerta-Villalobos
- 27Hospital General Regional 1 "Dr Carlos Mc Gregor Sanchez Navarro" IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | | | - A Valiulis
- 29Clinic of Children's Diseases, and Institute of Health Sciences Department of Public Health, Vilnius University Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania.,European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP/UEMS-SP), Brussels, Belgium
| | - R Dubakiene
- 31Clinic of Infectious, Chest Diseases, Dermatology and Allergology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - R Emuzyte
- 32Clinic of Children's Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - V Kvedariene
- 33Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - I Annesi-Maesano
- 34Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Department Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Medical School Saint Antoine, Paris, France
| | - H Blain
- 35Department of Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France.,36EA 2991, Euromov, University Montpellier, Montpellier, France
| | | | - I Bosse
- Allergist, La Rochelle, France
| | - Y Dauvilliers
- 39Sleep Unit, Department of Neurology, Hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Inserm U1061, Montpellier, France
| | - P Devillier
- 41UPRES EA220, Pôle des Maladies des Voies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Université Paris-Saclay, Suresnes, France
| | | | - J L Pépin
- 43Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, INSERM, U1042, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.,44CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
| | - N Pham-Thi
- 45Allergy Department, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
| | - F Portejoie
- 1MACVIA-France, Fondation Partenariale FMC VIA-LR, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
| | - R Picard
- Conseil Général de l'Economie Ministère de l'Economie, de l'Industrie et du Numérique, Paris, France
| | - N Roche
- 47Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris, Centre Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
| | - C Rolland
- Association Asthme et Allergie, Paris, France
| | - P Schmidt-Grendelmeier
- 49Allergy Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - P Kuna
- 50Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
| | - B Samolinski
- 51Department of Prevention of Envinronmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J M Anto
- ISGlobAL, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain.,53IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,54CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,55Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
| | - V Cardona
- 56Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall 'dHebron & ARADyAL Research Network, Barcelona, Spain
| | - J Mullol
- 57Rhinology Unit and Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,58Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - H Pinnock
- 59Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - D Ryan
- 60Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - A Sheikh
- 61The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - S Walker
- 62Asthma UK, Mansell Street, London, UK
| | - S Williams
- International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
| | - S Becker
- 64Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
| | - L Klimek
- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
| | - O Pfaar
- 66Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Rhinology and Allergy, University Hospital Marburg, Phillipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
| | - K C Bergmann
- 67Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Uniersität zu Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy-Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Member of GA2LEN, Berlin, Germany
| | - R Mösges
- 69Institute of Medical Statistics, and Computational Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,CRI-Clinical Research International-Ltd, Hamburg, Germany
| | - T Zuberbier
- 67Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Uniersität zu Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy-Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Member of GA2LEN, Berlin, Germany
| | | | - P V Tomazic
- 72Department of ENT, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
| | - T Haahtela
- 73Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - J Salimäki
- Association of Finnish Pharmacies, Helsinki, Finland
| | - S Toppila-Salmi
- 73Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - E Valovirta
- 75Department of Lung Diseases and Clinical Immunology, Terveystalo Allergy Clinic, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - T Vasankari
- FILHA, Finnish Lung Association, Helsinki, Finland
| | - B Gemicioğlu
- 77Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istambul, Turkey
| | - A Yorgancioglu
- 78Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
| | - N G Papadopoulos
- 79Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,80Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens General Children's Hospital "P&A Kyriakou", University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - E P Prokopakis
- 81Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
| | - I G Tsiligianni
- 61The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,82Health Planning Unit, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
| | - S Bosnic-Anticevich
- 83University of Sydney and Woolcock Emphysema Centre and Local Health District, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, NSW Australia
| | - R O'Hehir
- 84Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia.,85Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia
| | - J C Ivancevich
- Servicio de Alergia e Immunologia, Clinica Santa Isabel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - H Neffen
- Director of Center of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Diseases, Santa Fe, Argentina Center for Allergy and Immunology, Santa Fe, Argentina
| | - M E Zernotti
- 88Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
| | - I Kull
- 89Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,90Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm and Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - E Melén
- 90Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm and Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - M Wickman
- 91Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland, Uppsala University, Eskilstuna, Sweden
| | - C Bachert
- 92Upper Airways Research Laboratory, ENT Dept, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
| | - P W Hellings
- Euforea, Brussels, Belgium.,93Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Univ Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.,94Academic Medical Center, Univ of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - G Brusselle
- 95Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
| | - S Palkonen
- 96EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, Brussels, Belgium
| | - C Bindslev-Jensen
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense, Denmark
| | - E Eller
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense, Denmark
| | - S Waserman
- 98Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
| | - L P Boulet
- 99Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Québec City, QC Canada
| | - J Bouchard
- Clinical Medecine, Laval's University, Quebec City, Canada
| | - D K Chu
- Medecine Department, Hôpital de la Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
| | - H J Schünemann
- Medecine Department, Hôpital de la Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
| | - M Sova
- 102Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Division of Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
| | - G De Vries
- 103Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.,Peercode BV, Geldermalsen, The Netherlands
| | - M van Eerd
- 103Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.,Peercode BV, Geldermalsen, The Netherlands
| | - I Agache
- 105Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
| | - I J Ansotegui
- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia, Erandio, Spain
| | - M Bewick
- iQ4U Consultants Ltd, London, UK
| | - T Casale
- 108Division of Allergy/Immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
| | - M Dykewick
- 109Section of Allergy and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO USA
| | - M Ebisawa
- 110Clinical Reserch Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
| | - R Murray
- Medical Communications Consultant, MedScript Ltd (Ireland & New Zealand), Dundalk, Ireland.,Honorary Research Fellow, OPC, Cambridge, UK
| | - R Naclerio
- 113Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
| | - Y Okamoto
- 114Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
| | - D V Wallace
- 115Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
| | | |
Collapse
|
8
|
Vaara ST, Reinikainen M, Bouchard J. Fluid accumulation in acute kidney injury: More evidence toward harm and current challenges. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2018; 62:739-741. [PMID: 29864215 DOI: 10.1111/aas.13142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S T Vaara
- Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - M Reinikainen
- Department of Intensive Care, North Karelia Central Hospital, Joensuu, Finland
| | - J Bouchard
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Sacré-Coeur Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Bobin C, Thiam C, Bouchard J. Standardization of 68Ge/ 68Ga using the 4πβ-γ coincidence method based on Cherenkov counting. Appl Radiat Isot 2018; 134:252-256. [PMID: 28676277 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.06.044] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
In the framework of an international BIPM comparison (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures), the activity standardization of 68Ge in a solution of 68Ge/68Ga in equilibrium provided by NIST was carried out at LNHB. This exercise was organized to meet the growing interest in 68Ga as a radiopharmaceutical in nuclear medicine services (e.g. as a surrogate of 18F for PET imaging). Due to the volatility of germanium, the activity standardization of 68Ge was investigated at LNHB by means of 4πβ-γ coincidence counting based on Cherenkov measurements. This technique was applied to take advantage of the Cherenkov threshold (~ 260keV in aqueous solutions) in order to prevent counting from electron-capture events associated with 68Ge disintegrations. Cherenkov counting was performed using glass and polyethylene vials and the resulting activity concentrations were compared with 4πβ-γ coincidence measurements based on liquid scintillation. The efficiency-extrapolation curve obtained with Cherenkov measurements in glass vials was compared to Monte Carlo simulations based on the Geant4 code.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C Bobin
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire national Henri Becquerel, (LNE-LNHB), 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
| | - C Thiam
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire national Henri Becquerel, (LNE-LNHB), 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - J Bouchard
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire national Henri Becquerel, (LNE-LNHB), 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| |
Collapse
|
10
|
Bousquet J, Onorato GL, Bachert C, Barbolini M, Bedbrook A, Bjermer L, de Sousa JC, Chavannes NH, Cruz AA, De Manuel Keenoy E, Devillier P, Fonseca J, Hun S, Kostka T, Hellings PW, Illario M, Ivancevich JC, Larenas-Linnemann D, Millot-Keurinck J, Ryan D, Samolinski B, Sheikh A, Yorgancioglu A, Agache I, Arnavielhe S, Bewick M, Annesi-Maesano I, Anto JM, Bergmann KC, Bindslev-Jensen C, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Bouchard J, Caimmi DP, Camargos P, Canonica GW, Cardona V, Carriazo AM, Cingi C, Colgan E, Custovic A, Dahl R, Demoly P, De Vries G, Fokkens WJ, Fontaine JF, Gemicioğlu B, Guldemond N, Gutter Z, Haahtela T, Hellqvist-Dahl B, Jares E, Joos G, Just J, Khaltaev N, Keil T, Klimek L, Kowalski ML, Kull I, Kuna P, Kvedariene V, Laune D, Louis R, Magnan A, Malva J, Mathieu-Dupas E, Melén E, Menditto E, Morais-Almeida M, Mösges R, Mullol J, Murray R, Neffen H, O'Hehir R, Palkonen S, Papadopoulos NG, Passalacqua G, Pépin JL, Portejoie F, Price D, Pugin B, Raciborski F, Simons FER, Sova M, Spranger O, Stellato C, Todo Bom A, Tomazic PV, Triggiani M, Valero A, Valovirta E, VandenPlas O, Valiulis A, van Eerd M, Ventura MT, Wickman M, Young I, Zuberbier T, Zurkuhlen A, Senn A. CHRODIS criteria applied to the MASK (MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel NetworK) Good Practice in allergic rhinitis: a SUNFRAIL report. Clin Transl Allergy 2017; 7:37. [PMID: 29075437 PMCID: PMC5654064 DOI: 10.1186/s13601-017-0173-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
A Good Practice is a practice that works well, produces good results, and is recommended as a model. MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel Network (MASK), the new Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) initiative, is an example of a Good Practice focusing on the implementation of multi-sectoral care pathways using emerging technologies with real life data in rhinitis and asthma multi-morbidity. The European Union Joint Action on Chronic Diseases and Promoting Healthy Ageing across the Life Cycle (JA-CHRODIS) has developed a checklist of 28 items for the evaluation of Good Practices. SUNFRAIL (Reference Sites Network for Prevention and Care of Frailty and Chronic Conditions in community dwelling persons of EU Countries), a European Union project, assessed whether MASK is in line with the 28 items of JA-CHRODIS. A short summary was proposed for each item and 18 experts, all members of ARIA and SUNFRAIL from 12 countries, assessed the 28 items using a Survey Monkey-based questionnaire. A visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 (strongly disagree) to 100 (strongly agree) was used. Agreement equal or over 75% was observed for 14 items (50%). MASK is following the JA-CHRODIS recommendations for the evaluation of Good Practices.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J Bousquet
- Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en France European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France.,INSERM U 1168, VIMA: Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, Université Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, France.,CHU Montpellier, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
| | - G L Onorato
- Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en France European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France
| | - C Bachert
- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, ENT Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
| | - M Barbolini
- Regione Emilia Romagna - Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale, Reference Site of the European Innovation Partnership on Healthy and Active Ageing, Bologna, Italy
| | - A Bedbrook
- Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en France European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France
| | - L Bjermer
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
| | - J Correia de Sousa
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
| | - N H Chavannes
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - A A Cruz
- ProAR - Nucleo de Excelencia em Asma, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.,GARD Executive Committee, Salvador, Brazil
| | - E De Manuel Keenoy
- Kronikgune, International Centre of Excellence in Chronicity Research Barakaldo, Bizkaia Bilbao, Spain
| | - P Devillier
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Respiratoire UPRES EA220, Pôle des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Versailles, France
| | - J Fonseca
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research- CINTESIS, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Allergy Unit, CUF Porto Instituto and Hospital, Porto, Portugal
| | - S Hun
- Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, Belfast, UK
| | - T Kostka
- Department of Geriatrics, Medical University of Lodz, Healthy Ageing Research Centre (HARC), Lodz, Poland
| | - P W Hellings
- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
| | - M Illario
- Division for Health Innovation, Campania Region and Federico II University Hospital Naples (R&D and DISMET), Naples, Italy
| | - J C Ivancevich
- Allergy and Immunology Department, Santa Isabel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | | | - J Millot-Keurinck
- Caisse Assurance Retraite et Santé Au Travail Languedoc-Roussillon (CARSAT-LR), 34000 Montpellier, France
| | - D Ryan
- Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - B Samolinski
- Department of Prevention of Envinronmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Sheikh
- Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Centre of Medical Informatics, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - A Yorgancioglu
- Department of Pulmonology, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.,GARD Executive Committee, Manisa, Turkey
| | - I Agache
- Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
| | | | - M Bewick
- iQ4U Consultants Ltd, London, UK
| | - I Annesi-Maesano
- EPAR U707 INSERM, Paris and EPAR UMR-S UPMC, Paris VI, Paris, France
| | - J M Anto
- Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), ISGLoBAL, Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
| | - K C Bergmann
- Comprehensive Allergy-Centre-Charité, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN), Berlin, Germany
| | - C Bindslev-Jensen
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
| | - S Bosnic-Anticevich
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Glebe, NSW Australia.,Personalized Medicine Clinic Asthma and Allergy, Humanitas University, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan Italy
| | - J Bouchard
- Laval's University, Quebec City, Canada.,Hôpital de la Malbaie, Quebec City, Canada
| | - D P Caimmi
- CHRU de Montpellier, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Paris 06, UMR-S 1136, IPLESP, Equipe EPAR, 75013 Paris, France.,Department of Respiratory Diseases, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
| | - P Camargos
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - G W Canonica
- CHRU de Montpellier, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Paris 06, UMR-S 1136, IPLESP, Equipe EPAR, 75013 Paris, France
| | - V Cardona
- Allergologia, S Medicina Interna, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
| | - A M Carriazo
- Regional Ministry of Health of Andalusia, Seville, Spain
| | - C Cingi
- ENT Department, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
| | - E Colgan
- Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
| | - A Custovic
- Department of Pediatric, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - R Dahl
- ProAR - Nucleo de Excelencia em Asma, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.,GARD Executive Committee, Salvador, Brazil
| | - P Demoly
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
| | - G De Vries
- Peercode DV, Gerdermalsen, The Netherlands
| | - W J Fokkens
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | | | - B Gemicioğlu
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - N Guldemond
- Institute of Health Policy and Management iBMG, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Z Gutter
- University Hospital Olomouc - National eHealth Centre, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - T Haahtela
- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - B Hellqvist-Dahl
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
| | - E Jares
- Libra Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - G Joos
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
| | - J Just
- Allergology Department, Centre de l'Asthme et des Allergies Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau (APHP), Paris, France.,UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe EPAR, Sorbonne Universités, 75013 Paris, France
| | | | - T Keil
- Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany
| | - L Klimek
- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
| | - M L Kowalski
- Department of Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergy, Medical University of Lodz, and HARC, Lodz, Poland
| | - I Kull
- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - P Kuna
- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
| | - V Kvedariene
- Clinic of Infectious, Chest Diseases, Dermatology and Allergology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | | | - R Louis
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liege, Belgium
| | - A Magnan
- Service de Pneumologie, UMR INSERM, UMR1087 and CNR 6291, l'institut du thorax, University of Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - J Malva
- Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences (IBILI), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Ageing@Coimbra EIP-AHA Reference Site, Coimbra, Portugal
| | | | - E Melén
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm and Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - E Menditto
- CIRFF, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
| | - M Morais-Almeida
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Hospital CUF-Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - R Mösges
- Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
| | - J Mullol
- Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - R Murray
- Medical Communications Consultant, MedScript Ltd, Dundalk, Co Louth Ireland
| | - H Neffen
- Argentina Center for Allergy and Immunology, Alassia Children's Hospital, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina
| | - R O'Hehir
- Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia.,Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia
| | - S Palkonen
- EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, Brussels, Belgium
| | - N G Papadopoulos
- Center for Pediatrics and Child Health, Institute of Human Development, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9WL UK.,Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens General Children's Hospital "P&A Kyriakou,", University of Athens, Athens, 11527 Greece
| | - G Passalacqua
- Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, IRCCS San Martino Hospital, IST-University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
| | | | - F Portejoie
- Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en France European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France
| | - D Price
- Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,Optimum Patient Care, Cambridge, UK.,Academic Centre of Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
| | - B Pugin
- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
| | - F Raciborski
- Department of Prevention of Envinronmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - F E R Simons
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
| | - M Sova
- University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - O Spranger
- Global Allergy and Asthma Platform GAAPP, Altgasse 8-10, 1130 Vienna, Austria
| | - C Stellato
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
| | - A Todo Bom
- Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra and Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - P V Tomazic
- Department of ENT, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
| | - M Triggiani
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
| | - A Valero
- Pneumology and Allergy Department Hospital Clínic, Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - E Valovirta
- Pneumology and Allergy Department Hospital Clínic, Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - O VandenPlas
- Department of Chest Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire UCL Namur, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
| | - A Valiulis
- Department of Chest Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire UCL Namur, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
| | - M van Eerd
- Peercode DV, Gerdermalsen, The Netherlands
| | - M T Ventura
- Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
| | - M Wickman
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm and Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - I Young
- Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
| | - T Zuberbier
- Comprehensive Allergy-Centre-Charité, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN), Berlin, Germany
| | - A Zurkuhlen
- Gesundheitsregion KölnBonn - HRCB Projekt GmbH, Kohln, Germany
| | - A Senn
- EC-CNECT-H2, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Bousquet J, Bewick M, Arnavielhe S, Mathieu-Dupas E, Murray R, Bedbrook A, Caimmi DP, Vandenplas O, Hellings PW, Bachert C, Anto JM, Bergmann KC, Bindslev-Jensen C, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Bouchard J, Canonica GW, Chavannes NH, Cruz AA, Dahl R, Demoly P, De Vries G, Devillier P, Fink-Wagner A, Fokkens WJ, Fonseca J, Guldemond NA, Haahtela T, Hellqvist-Dahl B, Just J, Keil T, Klimek L, Kowalski ML, Kuna P, Kvedariene V, Laune D, Larenas-Linnemann D, Mullol J, Pereira AM, Carreiro-Martins P, Melén E, Morais-Almeida M, Nogueira-Silva L, O'Hehir RE, Papadopoulos NG, Passalacqua G, Portejoie F, Price D, Ryan D, Samolinski B, Sheikh A, Simons FER, Spranger O, Todo Bom A, Tomazic PV, Triggiani M, Valero A, Valovirta E, Valiulis A, van Eerd M, Wickman M, Young I, Zuberbier T. Work productivity in rhinitis using cell phones: The MASK pilot study. Allergy 2017; 72:1475-1484. [PMID: 28387952 DOI: 10.1111/all.13177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Allergic rhinitis often impairs social life and performance. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to use cell phone data to assess the impact on work productivity of uncontrolled rhinitis assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS). A mobile phone app (Allergy Diary, Google Play Store and Apple App Store) collects data from daily visual analogue scales (VAS) for overall allergic symptoms (VAS-global measured), nasal (VAS-nasal), ocular (VAS-ocular) and asthma symptoms (VAS-asthma) as well as work (VAS-work). A combined nasal-ocular score is calculated. The Allergy Diary is available in 21 countries. The app includes the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Allergic Specific Questionnaire (WPAI:AS) in six EU countries. All consecutive users who completed the VAS-work from 1 June to 31 October 2016 were included in the study. A total of 1136 users filled in 5818 days of VAS-work. Symptoms of allergic rhinitis were controlled (VAS-global <20) in approximately 60% of the days. In users with uncontrolled rhinitis, approximately 90% had some work impairment and over 50% had severe work impairment (VAS-work >50). There was a significant correlation between VAS-global calculated and VAS-work (Rho=0.83, P<0.00001, Spearman's rank test). In 144 users, there was a significant correlation between VAS-work and WPAI:AS (Rho=0.53, P<0.0001). This pilot study provides not only proof-of-concept data on the work impairment collected with the app but also data on the app itself, especially the distribution of responses for the VAS. This supports the interpretation that persons with rhinitis report both the presence and the absence of symptoms.
Collapse
|
12
|
Mailhot T, Denault A, Cossette S, Lambert J, Benkreira A, Beaubien-Souligny W, Alexis C, Bouchard J, Lamarche Y, Rochon A, O'Meara E, Fontaine G, Maheu-Cadotte M. POST-CARDIAC SURGERY DELIRIUM: VENOUS CONGESTION REACHING THE BRAIN? Can J Cardiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
|
13
|
Glasing J, Bouchard J, Jessop PG, Champagne P, Cunningham MF. Grafting well-defined CO2-responsive polymers to cellulose nanocrystals via nitroxide-mediated polymerisation: effect of graft density and molecular weight on dispersion behaviour. Polym Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7py01258f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Tertiary polyamines and polyamides were grafted to cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) via Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerisation to yield well-defined CNC, which were examined for their CO2-responsive dispersibility in water and oil.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J. Glasing
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- 19 Division Street
- Queen's University
- Kingston
- Canada
| | | | - P. G. Jessop
- Department of Chemistry
- 90 Bader Lane
- Queen's University
- Kingston
- Canada
| | - P. Champagne
- Department of Civil Engineering
- 58 University Avenue
- Queen's University
- Kingston
- Canada
| | - M. F. Cunningham
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- 19 Division Street
- Queen's University
- Kingston
- Canada
| |
Collapse
|
14
|
Bousquet J, Hellings PW, Agache I, Bedbrook A, Bachert C, Bergmann KC, Bewick M, Bindslev-Jensen C, Bosnic-Anticevitch S, Bucca C, Caimmi DP, Camargos PAM, Canonica GW, Casale T, Chavannes NH, Cruz AA, De Carlo G, Dahl R, Demoly P, Devillier P, Fonseca J, Fokkens WJ, Guldemond NA, Haahtela T, Illario M, Just J, Keil T, Klimek L, Kuna P, Larenas-Linnemann D, Morais-Almeida M, Mullol J, Murray R, Naclerio R, O'Hehir RE, Papadopoulos NG, Pawankar R, Potter P, Ryan D, Samolinski B, Schunemann HJ, Sheikh A, Simons FER, Stellato C, Todo-Bom A, Tomazic PV, Valiulis A, Valovirta E, Ventura MT, Wickman M, Young I, Yorgancioglu A, Zuberbier T, Aberer W, Akdis CA, Akdis M, Annesi-Maesano I, Ankri J, Ansotegui IJ, Anto JM, Arnavielhe S, Asarnoj A, Arshad H, Avolio F, Baiardini I, Barbara C, Barbagallo M, Bateman ED, Beghé B, Bel EH, Bennoor KS, Benson M, Białoszewski AZ, Bieber T, Bjermer L, Blain H, Blasi F, Boner AL, Bonini M, Bonini S, Bosse I, Bouchard J, Boulet LP, Bourret R, Bousquet PJ, Braido F, Briggs AH, Brightling CE, Brozek J, Buhl R, Bunu C, Burte E, Bush A, Caballero-Fonseca F, Calderon MA, Camuzat T, Cardona V, Carreiro-Martins P, Carriazo AM, Carlsen KH, Carr W, Cepeda Sarabia AM, Cesari M, Chatzi L, Chiron R, Chivato T, Chkhartishvili E, Chuchalin AG, Chung KF, Ciprandi G, de Sousa JC, Cox L, Crooks G, Custovic A, Dahlen SE, Darsow U, Dedeu T, Deleanu D, Denburg JA, De Vries G, Didier A, Dinh-Xuan AT, Dokic D, Douagui H, Dray G, Dubakiene R, Durham SR, Du Toit G, Dykewicz MS, Eklund P, El-Gamal Y, Ellers E, Emuzyte R, Farrell J, Fink Wagner A, Fiocchi A, Fletcher M, Forastiere F, Gaga M, Gamkrelidze A, Gemicioğlu B, Gereda JE, van Wick RG, González Diaz S, Grisle I, Grouse L, Gutter Z, Guzmán MA, Hellquist-Dahl B, Heinrich J, Horak F, Hourihane JOB, Humbert M, Hyland M, Iaccarino G, Jares EJ, Jeandel C, Johnston SL, Joos G, Jonquet O, Jung KS, Jutel M, Kaidashev I, Khaitov M, Kalayci O, Kalyoncu AF, Kardas P, Keith PK, Kerkhof M, Kerstjens HAM, Khaltaev N, Kogevinas M, Kolek V, Koppelman GH, Kowalski ML, Kuitunen M, Kull I, Kvedariene V, Lambrecht B, Lau S, Laune D, Le LTT, Lieberman P, Lipworth B, Li J, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Louis R, Lupinek C, MacNee W, Magar Y, Magnan A, Mahboub B, Maier D, Majer I, Malva J, Manning P, De Manuel Keenoy E, Marshall GD, Masjedi MR, Mathieu-Dupas E, Maurer M, Mavale-Manuel S, Melén E, Melo-Gomes E, Meltzer EO, Mercier J, Merk H, Miculinic N, Mihaltan F, Milenkovic B, Millot-Keurinck J, Mohammad Y, Momas I, Mösges R, Muraro A, Namazova-Baranova L, Nadif R, Neffen H, Nekam K, Nieto A, Niggemann B, Nogueira-Silva L, Nogues M, Nyembue TD, Ohta K, Okamoto Y, Okubo K, Olive-Elias M, Ouedraogo S, Paggiaro P, Pali-Schöll I, Palkonen S, Panzner P, Papi A, Park HS, Passalacqua G, Pedersen S, Pereira AM, Pfaar O, Picard R, Pigearias B, Pin I, Plavec D, Pohl W, Popov TA, Portejoie F, Postma D, Poulsen LK, Price D, Rabe KF, Raciborski F, Roberts G, Robalo-Cordeiro C, Rodenas F, Rodriguez-Mañas L, Rolland C, Roman Rodriguez M, Romano A, Rosado-Pinto J, Rosario N, Rottem M, Sanchez-Borges M, Sastre-Dominguez J, Scadding GK, Scichilone N, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Serrano E, Shields M, Siroux V, Sisul JC, Skrindo I, Smit HA, Solé D, Sooronbaev T, Spranger O, Stelmach R, Sterk PJ, Strandberg T, Sunyer J, Thijs C, Triggiani M, Valenta R, Valero A, van Eerd M, van Ganse E, van Hague M, Vandenplas O, Varona LL, Vellas B, Vezzani G, Vazankari T, Viegi G, Vontetsianos T, Wagenmann M, Walker S, Wang DY, Wahn U, Werfel T, Whalley B, Williams DM, Williams S, Wilson N, Wright J, Yawn BP, Yiallouros PK, Yusuf OM, Zaidi A, Zar HJ, Zernotti ME, Zhang L, Zhong N, Zidarn M. ARIA 2016: Care pathways implementing emerging technologies for predictive medicine in rhinitis and asthma across the life cycle. Clin Transl Allergy 2016; 6:47. [PMID: 28050247 PMCID: PMC5203711 DOI: 10.1186/s13601-016-0137-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) initiative commenced during a World Health Organization workshop in 1999. The initial goals were (1) to propose a new allergic rhinitis classification, (2) to promote the concept of multi-morbidity in asthma and rhinitis and (3) to develop guidelines with all stakeholders that could be used globally for all countries and populations. ARIA—disseminated and implemented in over 70 countries globally—is now focusing on the implementation of emerging technologies for individualized and predictive medicine. MASK [MACVIA (Contre les Maladies Chroniques pour un Vieillissement Actif)-ARIA Sentinel NetworK] uses mobile technology to develop care pathways for the management of rhinitis and asthma by a multi-disciplinary group and by patients themselves. An app (Android and iOS) is available in 20 countries and 15 languages. It uses a visual analogue scale to assess symptom control and work productivity as well as a clinical decision support system. It is associated with an inter-operable tablet for physicians and other health care professionals. The scaling up strategy uses the recommendations of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. The aim of the novel ARIA approach is to provide an active and healthy life to rhinitis sufferers, whatever their age, sex or socio-economic status, in order to reduce health and social inequalities incurred by the disease.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J Bousquet
- Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France ; MACVIA-France, Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en France, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France ; INSERM, U1168, Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, 94800 Villejuif, France ; CHRU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
| | - P W Hellings
- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
| | - I Agache
- Transylvania University Brasov, Brasov, Romania
| | - A Bedbrook
- MACVIA-France, Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en France, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France
| | - C Bachert
- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, ENT Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
| | - K C Bergmann
- Allergy-Centre-Charité, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany ; Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA²LEN), Berlin, Germany
| | - M Bewick
- iQ4U Consultants Ltd, London, UK
| | - C Bindslev-Jensen
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
| | - S Bosnic-Anticevitch
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Glebe, NSW Australia
| | - C Bucca
- University Pneumology Unit-AOU Molinette, Hospital City of Health and Science of Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - D P Caimmi
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
| | - P A M Camargos
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - G W Canonica
- Asthma and Allergy Clinic, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
| | - T Casale
- Division of Allergy/Immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL USA
| | - N H Chavannes
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - A A Cruz
- ProAR - Nucleo de Excelencia em Asma, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil ; GARD Executive Committee, Salvador, Bahia Brazil
| | - G De Carlo
- EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, Brussels, Belgium
| | - R Dahl
- ProAR - Nucleo de Excelencia em Asma, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
| | - P Demoly
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France ; EPAR U707 INSERM, Paris, France ; EPAR UMR-S UPMC, Paris VI, Paris, France
| | - P Devillier
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Respiratoire UPRES EA220, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes Université Versailles, Saint-Quentin, France
| | - J Fonseca
- Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems - CINTESIS, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal ; Allergy Unit, Instituto CUF Porto e Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal ; Health Information and Decision Sciences Department - CIDES, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido da Costa, s/n, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
| | - W J Fokkens
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - N A Guldemond
- Institute of Health Policy and Management IBMG, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - T Haahtela
- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - M Illario
- Federico II University Hospital Naples (R&D and DISMET), Naples, Italy
| | - J Just
- Allergology Department, Centre de l'Asthme et des Allergies, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau (APHP), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe EPAR, 75013 Paris, France
| | - T Keil
- Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany ; Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany
| | - L Klimek
- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
| | - P Kuna
- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
| | - D Larenas-Linnemann
- Clínica de Alergia, Asma y Pediatría, Hospital Médica Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - M Morais-Almeida
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Hospital CUF-Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - J Mullol
- ENT Department, Hospital Clinic, Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
| | - R Murray
- MedScript Ltd, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
| | - R Naclerio
- Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center and The Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - R E O'Hehir
- Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia ; Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia
| | - N G Papadopoulos
- Center for Pediatrics and Child Health, Institute of Human Development, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK ; Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens General Children's Hospital "P&A Kyriakou", University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - R Pawankar
- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
| | - P Potter
- Allergy Diagnostic and Clinical Research Unit, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - D Ryan
- Woodbrook Medical Centre, Loughborough, UK ; Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - B Samolinski
- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - H J Schunemann
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
| | - A Sheikh
- Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, UK
| | - F E R Simons
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada
| | - C Stellato
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
| | - A Todo-Bom
- Centre of Pneumology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - P V Tomazic
- Department of ENT, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
| | - A Valiulis
- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania ; Public Health Institute, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania ; European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP/UEMS-SP), Brussels, Belgium
| | - E Valovirta
- Department of Lung Diseases and Clinical Allergology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland ; Allergy Clinic, Terveystalo, Turku, Finland
| | - M T Ventura
- Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
| | - M Wickman
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden ; Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - I Young
- Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
| | - A Yorgancioglu
- Department of Pulmonology, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
| | - T Zuberbier
- Allergy-Centre-Charité, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany ; Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA²LEN), Berlin, Germany
| | - W Aberer
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
| | - C A Akdis
- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
| | - M Akdis
- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
| | - I Annesi-Maesano
- EPAR U707 INSERM, Paris, France ; EPAR UMR-S UPMC, Paris VI, Paris, France
| | - J Ankri
- INSERM, U1168, Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, 94800 Villejuif, France
| | - I J Ansotegui
- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia, Erandio, Spain
| | - J M Anto
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain ; IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain ; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain ; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
| | | | - A Asarnoj
- Clinical Immunology and Allergy Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ; Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - H Arshad
- David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, Isle of Wight, UK
| | | | - I Baiardini
- Asthma and Allergy Clinic, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
| | - C Barbara
- Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Portuguese National Programme for Respiratory Diseases (PNDR), Lisbon, Portugal
| | - M Barbagallo
- Geriatric Unit, Department of Internal Medicine (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
| | - E D Bateman
- Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - B Beghé
- Section of Respiratory Disease, Department of Oncology, Haematology and Respiratory Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
| | - E H Bel
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - K S Bennoor
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| | - M Benson
- Centre for Individualized Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Linköping University, 58185 Linköping, Sweden
| | - A Z Białoszewski
- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Bieber
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - L Bjermer
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
| | - H Blain
- Department of Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France ; EA 2991, Euromov, University Montpellier, Montpellier, France
| | - F Blasi
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, IRCCS Fondazione Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
| | - A L Boner
- Pediatric Department, University of Verona Hospital, Verona, Italy
| | - M Bonini
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - S Bonini
- Second University of Naples and Institute of Translational Medicine, Italian National Research Council, Naples, Italy
| | | | | | - L P Boulet
- Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, QC Canada
| | - R Bourret
- Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
| | | | - F Braido
- Asthma and Allergy Clinic, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
| | - A H Briggs
- Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - C E Brightling
- Institute of Lung Health, Respiratory Biomedical Unit, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicestershire, UK ; Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
| | - J Brozek
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
| | - R Buhl
- Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
| | - C Bunu
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania
| | - E Burte
- INSERM, U1168, Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, 94800 Villejuif, France
| | - A Bush
- Royal Brompton Hospital NHS, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | | | - M A Calderon
- Royal Brompton Hospital NHS, Imperial College London, London, UK ; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - T Camuzat
- Montpellier, Région Languedoc Roussillon France
| | - V Cardona
- S. Allergologia, S. Medicina Interna, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
| | - P Carreiro-Martins
- CEDOC, Respiratory Research Group, Nova Medical School, Campo dos Martires da Patria, Lisbon, Portugal ; Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - A M Carriazo
- Regional Ministry of Health of Andalusia, Seville, Spain
| | - K H Carlsen
- Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway ; University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - W Carr
- Allergy and Asthma Associates of Southern California, Mission Viejo, CA USA
| | - A M Cepeda Sarabia
- Allergy and Immunology Laboratory, Metropolitan University, Simon Bolivar University, Barranquilla, Colombia ; SLaai, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Allergia, Asma e Immunologia, Cartagena, Colombia
| | - M Cesari
- Gérontopôle de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse, France
| | - L Chatzi
- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete Greece
| | - R Chiron
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
| | - T Chivato
- School of Medicine, University CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
| | - E Chkhartishvili
- Chachava Clinic, David Tvildiani Medical University-AIETI Medical School, Grigol Robakidze University, Tbilisi, Georgia
| | - A G Chuchalin
- Pulmonolory Research Institute FMBA, Moscow, Russia ; GARD Executive Committee, Moscow, Russia
| | - K F Chung
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - G Ciprandi
- Medicine Department, IRCCS-Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino, Genoa, Italy
| | - J Correia de Sousa
- ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Life and Health Sciences, Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
| | - L Cox
- Department of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL USA
| | - G Crooks
- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site, Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare, NHS 24, Glasgow, UK
| | - A Custovic
- Department of Pediatric, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - S E Dahlen
- The Centre for Allergy Research, The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - U Darsow
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany ; ZAUM-Center for Allergy and Environment, Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany
| | - T Dedeu
- AQuAS, Barcelona, Spain ; EUREGHA, European Regional and Local Health Association, Brussels, Belgium
| | - D Deleanu
- Allergology and Immunology Discipline, "Luliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
| | - J A Denburg
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
| | | | - A Didier
- Respiratory Diseases Department, Rangueil-Larrey Hospital, Toulouse, France
| | - A T Dinh-Xuan
- Service de Physiologie Respiratoire, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris-Descartes, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
| | - D Dokic
- University Clinic of Pulmology and Allergy, Medical Faculty, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
| | - H Douagui
- Service de Pneumo-Allergologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Béni-Messous, Algers, Algeria
| | - G Dray
- Ecole des Mines, Alès, France
| | - R Dubakiene
- Medical Faculty, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - S R Durham
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - G Du Toit
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, Kings College London, London, UK
| | - M S Dykewicz
- Section of Allergy and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO USA
| | - P Eklund
- Computing Science Department, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden ; Four Computing Oy, Halikko, Finland
| | - Y El-Gamal
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - E Ellers
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
| | - R Emuzyte
- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania ; Public Health Institute, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania ; European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP/UEMS-SP), Brussels, Belgium
| | - J Farrell
- Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
| | - A Fink Wagner
- Global Allergy and Asthma Platform GAAPP, Altgasse 8-10, 1130 Vienna, Austria
| | - A Fiocchi
- Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatric Medicine, The Bambino Gesù Children's Research Hospital Holy See, Rome, Italy
| | | | - F Forastiere
- Department of Epidemiology, Regional Health Service Lazio Region, Rome, Italy
| | - M Gaga
- Athens Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
| | - A Gamkrelidze
- National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
| | - B Gemicioğlu
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - J E Gereda
- Allergy and Immunology Division, Clinica Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru
| | - R Gerth van Wick
- Section of Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - S González Diaz
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
| | - I Grisle
- Center of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Latvian Association of Allergists, Riga, Latvia
| | - L Grouse
- Faculty of the Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA
| | - Z Gutter
- National eHealth Centre, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - M A Guzmán
- Immunology and Allergy Division Clinical Hospital, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
| | - B Hellquist-Dahl
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
| | - J Heinrich
- Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
| | - F Horak
- Vienna Challenge Chamber, Vienna, Austria
| | - J O' B Hourihane
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
| | - M Humbert
- Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France ; Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France ; Inserm UMR_S999, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
| | - M Hyland
- School of Psychology, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK
| | - G Iaccarino
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
| | - E J Jares
- Libra Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - C Jeandel
- MACVIA-France, Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en France, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France ; Department of Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
| | - S L Johnston
- Airway Disease Infection Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK ; MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, London, UK
| | - G Joos
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
| | - O Jonquet
- Medical Commission, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
| | - K S Jung
- Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do South Korea
| | - M Jutel
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
| | - I Kaidashev
- Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, Poltava, Ukraine
| | - M Khaitov
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Research Center, Institute of Immunology, Federal Medicobiological Agency, Moscow, Russia
| | - O Kalayci
- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
| | - A F Kalyoncu
- Immunology and Allergy Division, Department of Chest Diseases, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
| | - P Kardas
- First Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
| | - P K Keith
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Health Sciences Centre 3V47, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON Canada
| | - M Kerkhof
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - H A M Kerstjens
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | | | - M Kogevinas
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain ; IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain ; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain ; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
| | - V Kolek
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - G H Koppelman
- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, Beatrix Children's Hospital, GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - M L Kowalski
- Department of Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergy and HARC, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
| | - M Kuitunen
- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - I Kull
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden ; Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - V Kvedariene
- Clinic of Infectious, Chest Diseases, Dermatology and Allergology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - B Lambrecht
- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
| | - S Lau
- Department for Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany
| | | | - L T T Le
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
| | - P Lieberman
- Divisions of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Germantown, TN USA
| | - B Lipworth
- Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, Cardiovascular and Diabetes Medicine, Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
| | - J Li
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
| | - K C Lodrup Carlsen
- Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway ; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - R Louis
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liege, Belgium
| | - C Lupinek
- Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
| | - W MacNee
- The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Y Magar
- Service de Pneumo-allergologie, Hôpital Saint-Joseph, Paris, France
| | - A Magnan
- Service de Pneumologie, UMR INSERM, UMR1087 and CNR 6291, l'institut du Thorax, University of Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - B Mahboub
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
| | - D Maier
- Biomax Informatics AG, Munich, Germany
| | - I Majer
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - J Malva
- Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences (IBILI), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal ; Ageing@Coimbra EIP-AHA Reference Site, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - P Manning
- Department of Medicine (RCSI), Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland
| | | | - G D Marshall
- Laboratory of Behavioral Immunology Research, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
| | - M R Masjedi
- Tobacco Control Research Centre, Iranian Anti Tobacco Association, Tehran, Iran
| | | | - M Maurer
- Allergy-Centre-Charité, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - S Mavale-Manuel
- Department of Paediatrics, Maputo Central Hospital, Maputo, Mozambique
| | - E Melén
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden ; Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - E Melo-Gomes
- Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Portuguese National Programme for Respiratory Diseases (PNDR), Lisbon, Portugal
| | - E O Meltzer
- Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, San Diego, CA USA
| | - J Mercier
- Department of Physiology, CHRU, PhyMedExp, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, University Montpellier, Montpellier, France
| | - H Merk
- Hautklinik - Klinik für Dermatologie & Allergologie, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
| | | | - F Mihaltan
- National Institute of Pneumology M. Nasta, Bucharest, Romania
| | - B Milenkovic
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia ; Serbian Association for Asthma and COPD, Belgrade, Serbia
| | - J Millot-Keurinck
- Caisse d'assurance retraite et de la santé au travail du Languedoc-Roussillon (CARSAT-LR), Montpellier, France
| | - Y Mohammad
- National Center for Research in Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Tishreen University School of Medicine, Latakia, Syria
| | - I Momas
- Department of Public Health and Health Products, EA 4064, Paris Descartes University-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France ; Paris Municipal Department of Social Action, Childhood, and Health, Paris, France
| | - R Mösges
- Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
| | - A Muraro
- Food Allergy Referral Centre Veneto Region, Department of Women and Child Health, Padua General University Hospital, Padua, Italy
| | - L Namazova-Baranova
- Scientific Centre of Children's Health Under the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - R Nadif
- INSERM, U1168, Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, 94800 Villejuif, France
| | - H Neffen
- Hospital de Niños Orlando Alassia, Santa Fe, Argentina
| | - K Nekam
- Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers in Buda, Budapest, Hungary
| | - A Nieto
- Neumología y Alergología Infantil, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
| | - B Niggemann
- Department for Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany
| | - L Nogueira-Silva
- Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems - CINTESIS, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal ; Allergy Unit, Instituto CUF Porto e Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal ; Health Information and Decision Sciences Department - CIDES, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido da Costa, s/n, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal ; Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal
| | - M Nogues
- MACVIA-France, Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en France, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France ; Caisse d'assurance retraite et de la santé au travail du Languedoc-Roussillon (CARSAT-LR), Montpellier, France
| | - T D Nyembue
- ENT Department, University Hospital of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo
| | - K Ohta
- National Hospital Organization, Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Y Okamoto
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
| | - K Okubo
- Department of Otolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
| | - M Olive-Elias
- Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France ; Institute of Health Policy and Management IBMG, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - S Ouedraogo
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles de Gaulle, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
| | - P Paggiaro
- Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
| | - I Pali-Schöll
- Department of Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
| | - S Palkonen
- EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, Brussels, Belgium
| | - P Panzner
- Department of Immunology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, Pilsen, Czech Republic
| | - A Papi
- Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
| | - H S Park
- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
| | - G Passalacqua
- Asthma and Allergy Clinic, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
| | - S Pedersen
- University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark
| | - A M Pereira
- Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems - CINTESIS, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal ; Allergy Unit, Instituto CUF Porto e Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal ; Health Information and Decision Sciences Department - CIDES, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido da Costa, s/n, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal ; Allergy Unit, CUF-Porto Hospital and Institute, Porto, Portugal
| | - O Pfaar
- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany ; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
| | - R Picard
- Conseil Général de l'Economie, Ministère de l'Economie, de l'Industrie et du Numérique, Paris, France
| | - B Pigearias
- Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française, Espace francophone de Pneumologie, Paris, France
| | - I Pin
- Département de pédiatrie, CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
| | - D Plavec
- Children's Hospital Srebrnjak, Zagreb, Croatia ; School of Medicine, University J.J. Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia
| | - W Pohl
- Karl Landsteiner Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pneumology, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria
| | - T A Popov
- Clinic of Allergy and Asthma, Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - F Portejoie
- MACVIA-France, Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en France, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France
| | - D Postma
- University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - L K Poulsen
- Laboratory of Medical Allergology, Allergy Clinic, Copenhagen University Hospital at Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - D Price
- Academic Centre of Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK ; Research in Real-Life, Cambridge, UK
| | - K F Rabe
- LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany ; Department of Medicine, Christian Albrechts University, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Kiel, Germany
| | - F Raciborski
- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Roberts
- NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of Southampton, Southampton, UK
| | - C Robalo-Cordeiro
- Centre of Pneumology, Coimbra University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - F Rodenas
- Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
| | | | - C Rolland
- Association Asthme et Allergie, Paris, France
| | - M Roman Rodriguez
- Primary Care Respiratory Research Unit, Institutode Investigación Sanitaria de Palma IdisPa, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - A Romano
- Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
| | - J Rosado-Pinto
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - N Rosario
- Hospital de Clinicas, University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
| | - M Rottem
- Division of Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
| | - M Sanchez-Borges
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Centro Médico-Docente La Trinidad and Clínica El Avila, Caracas, Venezuela
| | | | - G K Scadding
- The Royal National TNE Hospital, University College London, London, UK
| | | | - P Schmid-Grendelmeier
- Allergy Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - E Serrano
- Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, CHU Rangueil-Larrey, Toulouse, France
| | - M Shields
- Child Health, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK ; Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
| | - V Siroux
- INSERM, Université Grenoble Alpes, IAB, U 1209, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
| | - J C Sisul
- Sociedad Paraguaya de Alergia Asma e Inmunologıa, Asunción, Paraguay
| | - I Skrindo
- Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway ; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - H A Smit
- Julius Center of Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - D Solé
- Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - T Sooronbaev
- Kyrgyzstan National Centre of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Euro-Asian Respiratory Society, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
| | - O Spranger
- Global Allergy and Asthma Platform GAAPP, Altgasse 8-10, 1130 Vienna, Austria
| | - R Stelmach
- Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital da Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - P J Sterk
- Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - T Strandberg
- European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS), Helsinki, Finland
| | - J Sunyer
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain ; IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain ; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain ; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
| | - C Thijs
- Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
| | - M Triggiani
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
| | - R Valenta
- Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
| | - A Valero
- Pneumology and Allergy Department, Hospital Clínic, Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
| | | | - E van Ganse
- PELyon, Lyon, France ; HESPER 7425, Health Services and Performance Resarch, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
| | - M van Hague
- Clinical Immunology and Allergy Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ; Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden ; University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - O Vandenplas
- Department of Chest Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire UCL Namur, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
| | - L L Varona
- Philippines Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Manila, Philippines
| | - B Vellas
- Gérontopôle de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse, France
| | - G Vezzani
- Pulmonary Unit, Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Medicine, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova/IRCCS, Research Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy ; Regional Agency for Health and Social Care, Reggio Emilia, Italy
| | - T Vazankari
- Finnish Lung Association (FILHA), Helsinki, Finland
| | - G Viegi
- Pulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy ; CNR Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology "A. Monroy", Palermo, Italy
| | | | - M Wagenmann
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, HNO-Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
| | - S Walker
- Asthma UK, Mansell Street, London, UK
| | - D Y Wang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - U Wahn
- Department for Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany
| | - T Werfel
- Division of Immunodermatology and Allergy Research, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
| | - B Whalley
- School of Psychology, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK
| | - D M Williams
- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
| | | | - N Wilson
- Northern Health Alliance, Newcastle, UK
| | - J Wright
- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK
| | - B P Yawn
- Department of Research, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, MN USA
| | | | - O M Yusuf
- The Allergy and Asthma Institute, Lahore, Pakistan
| | - A Zaidi
- Social Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
| | - H J Zar
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa ; MRC Unit on Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - M E Zernotti
- Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
| | - L Zhang
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Beijing, China ; Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, China
| | - N Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
| | - M Zidarn
- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia
| |
Collapse
|
15
|
Weng W, Liang Y, Kimball ES, Hobbs T, Kong S, Sakurada B, Bouchard J. Drug usage patterns and treatment costs in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus cases, 2007 vs 2012: findings from a large US healthcare claims database analysis. J Med Econ 2016; 19:655-62. [PMID: 26855139 DOI: 10.3111/13696998.2016.1151795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Objective To explore trends in demographics, comorbidities, anti-diabetic drug usage, and healthcare utilization costs in patients with newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using a large US claims database. Methods For the years 2007 and 2012, Truven Health Marketscan Research Databases were used to identify adults with newly-diagnosed T2DM and continuous 12-month enrollment with prescription benefits. Variables examined included patient demographics, comorbidities, inpatient utilization patterns, healthcare costs (inpatient and outpatient), drug costs, and diabetes drug claim patterns. Results Despite an increase in the overall database population between 2007-2012, the incidence of newly-diagnosed T2DM decreased from 1.1% (2007) to 0.65% (2012). Hyperlipidemia and hypertension were the most common comorbidities and increased in prevalence from 2007 to 2012. In 2007, 48.3% of newly-diagnosed T2DM patients had no claims for diabetes medications, compared with 36.2% of patients in 2012. The use of a single oral anti-diabetic drug (OAD) was the most common diabetes medication-related claim (46.2% of patients in 2007; 56.7% of patients in 2012). Among OAD monotherapy users, metformin was the most commonly used and increased from 2007 (74.7% of OAD monotherapy users) to 2012 (90.8%). Decreases were observed for sulfonylureas (14.1% to 6.2%) and thiazolidinediones (7.3% to 0.6%). Insulin, predominantly basal insulin, was used by 3.9% of patients in 2007 and 5.3% of patients in 2012. Mean total annual healthcare costs increased from $13,744 in 2007 to $15,175 in 2012, driven largely by outpatient services, although costs in all individual categories of healthcare services (inpatient and outpatient) increased. Conversely, total drug costs per patient were lower in 2012 compared with 2007. Conclusions Despite a drop in the rate of newly-diagnosed T2DM from 2007 to 2012 in the US, increased total medical costs and comorbidities per individual patient suggest that the clinical and economic trends for T2DM are not declining.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- W Weng
- a Novo Nordisk Inc. , Plainsboro , NJ , USA
| | - Y Liang
- b Truven Health Analytics , Cambridge , MA , USA
| | | | - T Hobbs
- a Novo Nordisk Inc. , Plainsboro , NJ , USA
| | - S Kong
- a Novo Nordisk Inc. , Plainsboro , NJ , USA
| | - B Sakurada
- a Novo Nordisk Inc. , Plainsboro , NJ , USA
| | - J Bouchard
- a Novo Nordisk Inc. , Plainsboro , NJ , USA
| |
Collapse
|
16
|
Bobin C, Thiam C, Bouchard J. Calculation of extrapolation curves in the 4π(LS)β-γ coincidence technique with the Monte Carlo code Geant4. Appl Radiat Isot 2015; 109:319-324. [PMID: 26699674 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
At LNE-LNHB, a liquid scintillation (LS) detection setup designed for Triple to Double Coincidence Ratio (TDCR) measurements is also used in the β-channel of a 4π(LS)β-γ coincidence system. This LS counter based on 3 photomultipliers was first modeled using the Monte Carlo code Geant4 to enable the simulation of optical photons produced by scintillation and Cerenkov effects. This stochastic modeling was especially designed for the calculation of double and triple coincidences between photomultipliers in TDCR measurements. In the present paper, this TDCR-Geant4 model is extended to 4π(LS)β-γ coincidence counting to enable the simulation of the efficiency-extrapolation technique by the addition of a γ-channel. This simulation tool aims at the prediction of systematic biases in activity determination due to eventual non-linearity of efficiency-extrapolation curves. First results are described in the case of the standardization (59)Fe. The variation of the γ-efficiency in the β-channel due to the Cerenkov emission is investigated in the case of the activity measurements of (54)Mn. The problem of the non-linearity between β-efficiencies is featured in the case of the efficiency tracing technique for the activity measurements of (14)C using (60)Co as a tracer.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C Bobin
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
| | - C Thiam
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - J Bouchard
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| |
Collapse
|
17
|
Lee WC, Dekoven M, Bouchard J, Massoudi M, Langer J. Improved real-world glycaemic outcomes with liraglutide versus other incretin-based therapies in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab 2014; 16:819-26. [PMID: 24581276 DOI: 10.1111/dom.12285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 10/11/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
AIM Liraglutide (LIRA) once-daily has provided greater A1C reductions than either exenatide (EXEN) twice-daily or sitagliptin (SITA) once-daily in head-to-head trials. The objective of this analysis is to compare the real-world clinical effectiveness of these agents in the USA. METHODS Using the IMS Health (Alexandria, VA, USA) integrated claims database, A1C outcomes in patients aged ≥ 18 years with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who initiated either LIRA, EXEN or SITA (including SITA/metformin) were retrospectively compared. Patients included in the analysis had ≥ 1 prescription for LIRA, EXEN or SITA between January and December 2010 (index period) and persisted with their index treatment regimens for 6 months post-index. Outcomes included changes in A1C from baseline (45 days pre-index through 7 days post-index) to follow-up [6 months post-index (± 45)] and the proportion of patients reaching A1C<7%. Multivariable regression models adjusted for confounding factors (e.g. age, comorbidities, baseline A1C and background antidiabetic therapy). RESULTS The predicted change in A1C from baseline was greater for LIRA patients compared with both SITA (-1.08 vs. -0.68%; treatment difference 0.40%, p < 0.0001) and EXEN (-1.08 vs. -0.75%; treatment difference 0.32%, p < 0.001). Predicted A1C goal achievement, derived from the multivariate logistic regression model, was higher with LIRA compared with both SITA [64.4% (95% confidence interval, CI: 63.5-65.3) vs. 49.4% (95% CI: 48.5-50.4); p < 0.0001] and EXEN [64.4% (95% CI: 63.5-65.3) vs. 53.6% (95% CI: 52.6-54.6); p < 0.0001]. CONCLUSIONS In clinical practice, LIRA was associated with significantly greater reductions in A1C and improved glycaemic goal attainment compared with either EXEN or SITA among adult patients with T2D.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- W C Lee
- Health Economics & Outcomes Research, IMS Health, Alexandria, VA, USA
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
18
|
van West H, Hodgson B, Parent E, Samuel S, Hodgson B, Ferland C, Soroceanu A, Soroceanu A, Protopsaltis T, Protopsaltis T, Radovanovic I, Amritanand R, Shamji M, Haugo K, Malham G, Jarzem P, Rampersaud Y, Tomkins-Lane C, Manson N, Malham G, Rampersaud Y, Malham G, Malham G, King V, Goldstein C, Fisher C, Fehlings M, Fisher C, Wong E, Sardar Z, Christie S, Patel A, Pinkoski C, Ahn H, Drew B, Dvorak M, Pezeshki P, Altaf F, Wilde P, Rampersaud Y, Sparrey C, Tetreault L, Fehlings M, Tetreault L, Rampersaud R, Jack A, Johnstone R, Fernandes A, Urquhart J, Morokoff A, Manson N, Tomkins-Lane C, Phan P, Evaniew N, Shamji M, Manson J, Rampersaud Y, Nault ML, St-Pierre GH, Larouche J, Lewis S, Wilgenbusch C, Lewis S, Rampersaud Y, Johnson R, Cushnie D, Sridharan S, Street J, Gregg C, Missiuna P, Abraham E, Abraham E, Manson N, Huang E, Passmore S, Mac-Thiong JM, Labelle H, Moulin D, Turgeon I, Roy-Beaudry M, Bourassa N, Petit Y, Parent. S, Chabot S, Westover L, Hill D, Moreau M, Hedden D, Lou E, Adeeb. S, Smith M, Bridge C, Hsu B, Gray. R, Group PORSCHES, Saran N, Mac-Thiong JM, Stone L, Ouellet. J, Protopsaltis T, Terran J, Bronsard N, Smith J, Klineberg E, Mundis G, Hostin R, Hart R, Shaffrey C, Bess S, Ames C, Schwab F, Lafage. V, Schwab F, Lafage V, Protopsaltis T, Ames C, Bess S, Smith J, Errico. T, Schwab F, Soroceanu A, Bronsard N, Smith J, Klineberg E, Mundis G, Hostin R, Hart R, Burton D, Ames C, Shaffrey C, Bess S, Errico T, Lafage. V, Terran J, Soroceanu A, Bronsard N, Smith J, Klineberg E, Mundis G, Kim HJ, Hostin R, Hart R, Shaffrey C, Bess S, Ames C, Schwab F, Lafage. V, Urquhart J, Gananapathy V, Siddiqi F, Gurr K, Bailey C, Ravi B, David K, Rampersaud. R, Tu Y, Salter. M, Nichol H, Fourney D, Kelly. M, Parker R, Ellis N, Blecher C, Chow F, Claydon. M, Sardar Z, Alexander D, Oxner W, Plessis SD, Yee A, Wai. E, Lewis S, Davey J, Gandhi R, Mahomed. N, Hu R, Thomas K, Hepler C, Choi K, Rowed K, Haig. A, Lam. K, Parker R, Blecher C, Seex. K, Perruccio A, Gandhi R, Program. UHNA, Ellis N, Parker R, Goss B, Blecher C, Ballok. Z, Parker R, Ellis N, Chan P, Varma. D, Swart A, Winder M, Varga PP, Gokaslan Z, Boriani S, Luzzati A, Rhines L, Fisher C, Chou D, Williams R, Dekutoski M, Quraishi N, Bettegowda C, Kawahara N, Fehlings. M, Versteeg A, Boriani S, Varga PP, Dekutoski M, Luzzati A, Gokaslan Z, Williams R, Reynolds J, Fehlings M, Bettegowda C, Rhines. L, Zamorano J, Nater A, Tetrault L, Varga P, Gokaslan Z, Boriani S, Fisher C, Rhines L, Bettegowda C, Kawahara N, Chou. D, Fehlings M, Kopjar B, Vaccaro A, Arnold P, Schuster J, Finkelstein J, Rhines L, Dekutoski M, Gokaslan Z, France. J, Whyne C, Singh D, Ford. M, Aldebeyan W, Ouellet J, Steffen T, Beckman L, Weber M, Jarzem. P, Kwon B, Ahn H, Bailey C, Fehlings M, Fourney D, Gagnon D, Tsai E, Tsui D, Parent S, Chen J, Dvorak M, Noonan V, Rivers C, Network RHSCIR, Batke J, Lenehan B, Fisher C, Dvorak M, Street. J, Fox R, Nataraj A, Bailey C, Christie S, Duggal N, Fehlings M, Finkelstein J, Fourney D, Hurlbert R, Kwon B, Townson A, Tsai E, Attabib N, Chen J, Dvorak M, Noonan V, Rivers C, Network. RHSCIR, Fehlings M, Paquet J, Ahn H, Attabib N, Bailey C, Christie S, Duggal N, Finkelstein J, Fourney D, Hurlbert R, Johnson M, Kwon B, Parent S, Tsai E, Dvorak M, Noonan V, Rivers C, Shen T, Network. RHSCIR, Fisher C, Kwon B, Drew B, Fehlings M, Paquet J, Ahn H, Attabib N, Bailey C, Christie S, Duggal N, Finkelstein J, Fourney D, Hurlbert R, Johnson M, Mac-Thiong JM, Parent S, Tsai E, Fallah N, Noonan V, Rivers C, Network RHSCIR, Davidson S, McCann C, Akens M, Murphy K, Whyne C, Sherar M, Yee. A, Belanger L, Ronco J, Dea N, Paquette S, Boyd M, Street J, Fisher C, Dvorak M, Kwon B, Gonzalvo A, Fitt G, Liew S, de la Harpe D, Turner P, Rogers M, Bidos A, Fanti C, Young B, Drew B, Puskas. D, Tam H, Manansala S, Nosov V, Delva M, Alshafai N, Kopjar B, Tan G, Arnold P, Fehlings. M, Kopjar B, Arnold P, Ibrahim A, Tetrault. L, Kopjar B, Arnold P, Fehlings. M, Sundararajan K, Eng. S, St-Pierre G, Nataraj A, Urquhart J, Rosas-Arellano P, Tallon C, Gurr K, Siddiqi F, Bailey S, Bailey C, Sundararajan K, Rampersaud. R, Rosa-Arellano P, Tallon C, Bailey S, Gurr K, Bailey. C, Parker R, Milili L, Goss B, Malham. G, Green A, McKeon M, Abraham. E, Lafave L, Parnell J, Rempel J, Moriartey S, Andreas Y, Wilson P, Hepler C, Ray H, Hu. R, Ploumis A, Hess K, Wood. K, Yarascavitch B, Madden K, Ghert M, Drew B, Bhandari M, Kwok D, Tu YS, Salter. M, Hadlow. A, Tso P, Walker K, Lewis S, Davey J, Mahomed N, Coyte. P, Mac-Thiong JM, Roy-Beaudry M, Turgeon I, Labelle H, deGuise J, Parent. S, Jack A, Fox R, Nataraj A, Paquette S, Leroux T, Yee A, Ahn H, Broad R, Fisher C, Hall H, Nataraj A, Hedden D, Christie S, Carey T, Mehta V, Fehlings M, Wadey. V, Dear T, Hashem. M, Fourney D, Goldstein S, Bodrogi A, Lipkus M, Dear T, Keshen S, Veillette C, Gandhi R, Adams D, Briggs N, Davey J, Fehlings M, Lau J, Lewis S, Magtoto R, Marshall K, Massicotte E, Ogilvie-Harris D, Sarro A, Syed K, Mohamed. N, Perera S, Taha A, Urquhart J, Gurr K, Siddiqi F, Bailey C, Thomas K, Cho R, Swamy G, Power C, Henari S, Lenehan. B, McIntosh G, Hall H, Hoffman. C, Karachi A, Pazionis T, AlShaya O, Green A, McKeon M, Manson. N, Green A, McKeon M, Manson. N, Green A, McKeon M, Murray J, Abraham. E, Thomas K, Suttor S, Goyal T, Littlewood J, Bains I, Bouchard J, Hu R, Jacobs B, Cho R, Swamy G, Johnson M, Pelleck V, Amad Y, Ramos E, Glazebrook C. Combined Spine Conference of the Canadian Spine Society New Zealand Orthopaedic Spine Society, Spine Society of Australia: Fairmont Château Lake Louise, Lake, Louise, Alberta, Tuesday, Feb. 25 to Saturday, Mar. 1, 20141.1.01 The use of suspension radiographs to predict LIV tilt.1.1.02 Surgical correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis without fusion: an animal model.1.1.03 Are full torso surface topography postural measurements more sensitive to change than back only parameters in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis and a main thoracic curve?1.2.04 Restoration of thoracic kyphosis in adolescent idiopathic kyphosis: comparative radiographic analysis of round versus rail rods.1.2.05 Scoliosis surgery in spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy: Is fusion to the pelvis always necessary? A 4–18-year follow-up study.1.2.06 Identification and validation of pain-related biomarkers surrounding spinal surgery in adolescents.1.3.07 Cervical sagittal deformity develops after PJK in adult throacolumbar deformity correction: radiographic analysis using a novel global sagittal angular parameter, the CTPA.1.3.08 Impact of obesity on complications and patient-reported outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery.1.3.09 The T1 pelvic angle, a novel radiographic measure of sagittal deformity, accounts for both pelvic retroversion and truncal inclination and correlates strongly with HRQOL.1.4.10 Determining cervical sagittal deformity when it is concurrent with thoracolumbar deformity.1.4.11 The influence of sagittal balance and pelvic parameters on the outcome of surgically treated patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis.1.4.12 Predictors of degenerative spondylolisthesis and loading translation in surgical lumbar spinal stenosis patients.2.1.13 Mechanical allodynia following disc herniation requires intraneural macrophage infiltration and can be blocked by systemic selenium delivery or attenuation of BDNF activity.2.1.14 The effect of alanyl-glutamine on epidural fibrosis in a rat laminectomy model.2.1.15 Anterior lumbar interbody fusion using recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2: a prospective study of complications.2.2.16 2-year results of a Canadian, multicentre, blinded, pilot study of a novel peptide in promoting lumbar spine fusion.2.2.17 Comparative outcomes and cost-utility following surgical treatment of focal lumbar spinal stenosis compared with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: long-term change in health-related quality of life.2.2.18 Changes in objectively measured walking performance, function, and pain following surgery for spondylolisthesis and lumbar spinal stenosis.2.3.19 A prospective multicentre observational data-monitored study of minimally invasive fusion to treat degenerative lumbar disorders: complications and outcomes at 1-year follow-up.2.3.20 Assessment and classification of subsidence in lateral interbody fusion using serial computed tomography.2.3.21 Predictors of willingness to undergo spinal and orthopaedic surgery after surgical consultation.2.4.22 Indirect foraminal decompression is independent of facet arthropathy in extreme lateral interbody fusion.2.4.23 Cervical artificial disc replacement with ProDisc-C: clinical and radiographic outcomes with long-term follow-up.2.4.24 Tantalum trabecular metal implants in anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion.3.1.25 Hemangiomas of the spine: results of surgical management and prognostic variables for local recurrence and mortality in a multicentre study.3.1.26 Chondrosarcomas of the spine: prognostic variables for local recurrence and mortality in a multicentre study.3.1.27 Risk factors for recurrence of surgically treated spine schwannomas: analysis of 169 patients from a multicentre international database.3.2.28 Survival pattern and the effect of surgery on health related quality of life and functional outcome in patients with metastatic epidural spinal cord compression from lung cancer — the AOSpine North America prospective multicentre study.3.2.29 A biomechanical assessment of kyphoplasty as a stand-alone treatment in a human cadaveric burst fracture model.3.2.30 What is safer in incompetent vertebrae with posterior wall defects, kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty: a study in vertebral analogs.3.3.31 Feasibility of recruiting subjects for acute spinal cord injury (SCI) clinical trials in Canada.3.3.32 Prospective analysis of adverse events in elderly patients with traumatic spinal cord injury.3.3.33 Does traction before surgery influence time to neural decompression in patients with spinal cord injury?3.4.34 Current treatment of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury: Do we need age-specific guidelines?3.4.35 Current surgical practice for traumatic spinal cord injury in Canada.3.4.36 The importance of “time to surgery” for traumatic spinal cord injured patients: results from an ambispective Canadian cohort of 949 patients.3.5.37 Assessment of a novel coil-shaped radiofrequency probe in the porcine spine.3.5.38 The effect of norepinephrine and dopamine on cerebrospinal fluid pressure after acute spinal cord injury.3.5.39 The learning curve of pedicle screw placement: How many screws are enough?4.1.40 Preliminary report from the Ontario Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC).4.1.41 A surrogate model of the spinal cord complex for simulating bony impingement.4.1.42 Clinical and surgical predictors of specific complications following surgery for the treatment of degenerative cervical myelopathy: results from the multicentre, prospective AOSpine international study on 479 patients.4.2.43 Outcomes of surgical management of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: results of the prospective, multicentre, AOSpine international study in 479 patients.4.2.44 A clinical prediction rule for clinical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy: analysis of an international AOSpine prospective multicentre data set of 757 subjects.4.2.45 The prevalence and impact of low back and leg pain among aging Canadians: a cross-sectional survey.4.3.46 Adjacent segment pathology: Progressive disease course or a product of iatrogenic fusion?4.3.47 Natural history of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis in patients with spinal stenosis.4.3.48 Changes in self-reported clinical status and health care utilization during wait time for surgical spine consultation: a prospective observational study.4.3.49 The Canadian surgical wait list for lumbar degenerative spinal stenosis has a detrimental effect on patient outcomes.4.3.50 Segmental lordosis is independent of interbody cage position in XLIF.4.3.51 Elevated patient BMI does not negatively affect self-reported outcomes of thoracolumbar surgery.1.5.52 The Spinal Stenosis Pedometer and Nutrition Lifestyle Intervention (SSPANLI): development and pilot.1.5.53 Study evaluating the variability of surgical strategy planning for patients with adult spinal deformity.1.5.54 Atlantoaxial instability in acute odontoid fractures is associated with nonunion and mortality.1.5.55 Peripheral hypersensitivity to subthreshold stimuli persists after resolution of acute experimental disc-herniation neuropathy.1.5.56 Radiation induced lumbar spinal osteonecrosis: case report and literature review.1.5.57 Comparative outcomes and cost-utility following surgical treatment of focal lumbar spinal stenosis compared with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: Part 2 — estimated lifetime incremental cost-utility ratios.1.5.58 A predictive model of progression for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis based on 3D spine parameters at first visit.1.5.59 Development of a clinical prediction model for surgical decision making in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease.2.5.60 Canadian spine surgery fellowship education: evaluating opportunity in developing a nationally based training curriculum.2.5.61 Pedicle subtraction osteotomy for severe proximal thoracic junctional kyphosis.2.5.62 A comparison of spine surgery referrals triaged through a multidisciplinary care pathway versus conventional referrals.2.5.63 Results and complications of posterior-based 3 column osteotomies in patients with previously fused spinal deformities.2.5.64 Orthopaedic Surgical AdVerse Event Severity (Ortho-SAVES) system: identifying opportunities for improved patient safety and resource utilization.2.5.65 Spontaneous spinal extra-axial haematomas — surgical experience in Otago and Southland 2011–2013.2.5.66 Obesity and spinal epidural lipomatosis in cauda equina syndrome.2.5.67 Factors affecting restoration of lumbar lordosis in adult degenerative scoliosis patients treated with lateral trans-psoas interbody fusion.3.6.68 Systematic review of complications in spinal surgery: a comparison of retrospective and prospective study design.3.6.69 Postsurgical rehabilitation patients have similar fear avoidance behaviour levels as those in nonoperative care.3.6.70 Outcomes of surgical treatment of adolescent spondyloptosis: a case series.3.6.71 Surgical success in primary versus revision thoracolumbar spine surgery.3.6.72 The effect of smoking on subjective patient outcomes in thoracolumbar surgery.3.6.73 Modelling patient recovery to predict outcomes following elective thoracolumbar surgery for degenerative pathologies.3.6.74 Outcomes from trans-psoas versus open approaches in the treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis.3.6.75 Lumbar spinal stenosis and presurgical assessment: the impact of walking induced strain on a performance-based outcome measure. Can J Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1503/cjs.005614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
|
19
|
Halter E, Thiam C, Bobin C, Bouchard J, Chambellan D, Chauvenet B, Hamel M, Rocha L, Trocmé M, Woo R. First TDCR measurements at low energies using a miniature x-ray tube. Appl Radiat Isot 2014; 93:7-12. [PMID: 24685767 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.03.007] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Revised: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Developed for radionuclide standardization using liquid scintillation, the Triple to Double Coincidence Ratio (TDCR) method is applied using coincidence counting obtained with a specific three-photomultiplier system. For activity determination, a statistical model of light emission is classically used to establish a relation between the detection efficiency and the experimental TDCR value. At LNE-LNHB, a stochastic approach of the TDCR modeling was developed using the Monte Carlo code Geant4. The interest of this TDCR-Geant4 model is the possibility to simulate the propagation of optical photons from their creation in the scintillation vial to the production of photoelectrons in photomultipliers. As an alternative to the use of radionuclide sources, first TDCR measurements are presented using a miniature x-ray tube closely coupled to the scintillation vial. The objective of this new set-up was to enable low-energy depositions (lower than 20 keV) in liquid scintillator in order to study the influence of both time and geometrical dependence between PMTs already observed with radioactive sources. As for the statistical TDCR model, the non-linearity of light emission is implemented in the TDCR-Geant4 model using the Birks formula which depends on the kB factor and the scintillation yield. Measurements performed with the x-ray tube are extended to the assessment of these parameters and they are tested afterwards in the TDCR-Geant4 model for activity measurements of (3)H.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- E Halter
- CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France; CEA, List, Laboratoire Capteurs et Architectures Electroniques, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - C Thiam
- CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - C Bobin
- CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
| | - J Bouchard
- CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - D Chambellan
- CEA, List, Laboratoire Images, Tomographie et Traitements, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - B Chauvenet
- CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - M Hamel
- CEA, List, Laboratoire Capteurs et Architectures Electroniques, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - L Rocha
- CEA, List, Laboratoire Capteurs et Architectures Electroniques, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - M Trocmé
- CEA, List, Laboratoire Capteurs et Architectures Electroniques, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - R Woo
- CEA, List, Laboratoire Capteurs et Architectures Electroniques, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| |
Collapse
|
20
|
Bobin C, Bouchard J, Thiam C, Ménesguen Y. Digital pulse processing and optimization of the front-end electronics for nuclear instrumentation. Appl Radiat Isot 2013; 87:195-9. [PMID: 24326314 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
This article describes an algorithm developed for the digital processing of signals provided by a high-efficiency well-type NaI(Tl) detector used to apply the 4πγ technique. In order to achieve a low-energy threshold, a new front-end electronics has been specifically designed to optimize the coupling to an analog-to-digital converter (14 bit, 125 MHz) connected to a digital development kit produced by Altera(®). The digital pulse processing is based on an IIR (Infinite Impulse Response) approximation of the Gaussian filter (and its derivatives) that can be applied to the real-time processing of digitized signals. Based on measurements obtained with the photon emissions generated by an (241)Am source, the energy threshold is estimated to be equal to ~2 keV corresponding to the physical threshold of the NaI(Tl) detector. An algorithm developed for a Silicon Drift Detector used for low-energy x-ray spectrometry is also described. In that case, the digital pulse processing is specifically designed for signals provided by a reset-type preamplifier ((55)Fe source).
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C Bobin
- CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
| | - J Bouchard
- CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - C Thiam
- CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - Y Ménesguen
- CEA, List, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| |
Collapse
|
21
|
|
22
|
Bousquet J, Schünemann HJ, Samolinski B, Demoly P, Baena-Cagnani CE, Bachert C, Bonini S, Boulet LP, Bousquet PJ, Brozek JL, Canonica GW, Casale TB, Cruz AA, Fokkens WJ, Fonseca JA, van Wijk RG, Grouse L, Haahtela T, Khaltaev N, Kuna P, Lockey RF, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Mullol J, Naclerio R, O'Hehir RE, Ohta K, Palkonen S, Papadopoulos NG, Passalacqua G, Pawankar R, Price D, Ryan D, Simons FER, Togias A, Williams D, Yorgancioglu A, Yusuf OM, Aberer W, Adachi M, Agache I, Aït-Khaled N, Akdis CA, Andrianarisoa A, Annesi-Maesano I, Ansotegui IJ, Baiardini I, Bateman ED, Bedbrook A, Beghé B, Beji M, Bel EH, Ben Kheder A, Bennoor KS, Bergmann KC, Berrissoul F, Bieber T, Bindslev Jensen C, Blaiss MS, Boner AL, Bouchard J, Braido F, Brightling CE, Bush A, Caballero F, Calderon MA, Calvo MA, Camargos PAM, Caraballo LR, Carlsen KH, Carr W, Cepeda AM, Cesario A, Chavannes NH, Chen YZ, Chiriac AM, Chivato Pérez T, Chkhartishvili E, Ciprandi G, Costa DJ, Cox L, Custovic A, Dahl R, Darsow U, De Blay F, Deleanu D, Denburg JA, Devillier P, Didi T, Dokic D, Dolen WK, Douagui H, Dubakiene R, Durham SR, Dykewicz MS, El-Gamal Y, El-Meziane A, Emuzyte R, Fiocchi A, Fletcher M, Fukuda T, Gamkrelidze A, Gereda JE, González Diaz S, Gotua M, Guzmán MA, Hellings PW, Hellquist-Dahl B, Horak F, Hourihane JO, Howarth P, Humbert M, Ivancevich JC, Jackson C, Just J, Kalayci O, Kaliner MA, Kalyoncu AF, Keil T, Keith PK, Khayat G, Kim YY, Koffi N'goran B, Koppelman GH, Kowalski ML, Kull I, Kvedariene V, Larenas-Linnemann D, Le LT, Lemière C, Li J, Lieberman P, Lipworth B, Mahboub B, Makela MJ, Martin F, Marshall GD, Martinez FD, Masjedi MR, Maurer M, Mavale-Manuel S, Mazon A, Melen E, Meltzer EO, Mendez NH, Merk H, Mihaltan F, Mohammad Y, Morais-Almeida M, Muraro A, Nafti S, Namazova-Baranova L, Nekam K, Neou A, Niggemann B, Nizankowska-Mogilnicka E, Nyembue TD, Okamoto Y, Okubo K, Orru MP, Ouedraogo S, Ozdemir C, Panzner P, Pali-Schöll I, Park HS, Pigearias B, Pohl W, Popov TA, Postma DS, Potter P, Rabe KF, Ratomaharo J, Reitamo S, Ring J, Roberts R, Rogala B, Romano A, Roman Rodriguez M, Rosado-Pinto J, Rosenwasser L, Rottem M, Sanchez-Borges M, Scadding GK, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Sheikh A, Sisul JC, Solé D, Sooronbaev T, Spicak V, Spranger O, Stein RT, Stoloff SW, Sunyer J, Szczeklik A, Todo-Bom A, Toskala E, Tremblay Y, Valenta R, Valero AL, Valeyre D, Valiulis A, Valovirta E, Van Cauwenberge P, Vandenplas O, van Weel C, Vichyanond P, Viegi G, Wang DY, Wickman M, Wöhrl S, Wright J, Yawn BP, Yiallouros PK, Zar HJ, Zernotti ME, Zhong N, Zidarn M, Zuberbier T, Burney PG, Johnston SL, Warner JO. Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): achievements in 10 years and future needs. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012; 130:1049-62. [PMID: 23040884 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma represent global health problems for all age groups. Asthma and rhinitis frequently coexist in the same subjects. Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) was initiated during a World Health Organization workshop in 1999 (published in 2001). ARIA has reclassified AR as mild/moderate-severe and intermittent/persistent. This classification closely reflects patients' needs and underlines the close relationship between rhinitis and asthma. Patients, clinicians, and other health care professionals are confronted with various treatment choices for the management of AR. This contributes to considerable variation in clinical practice, and worldwide, patients, clinicians, and other health care professionals are faced with uncertainty about the relative merits and downsides of the various treatment options. In its 2010 Revision, ARIA developed clinical practice guidelines for the management of AR and asthma comorbidities based on the Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. ARIA is disseminated and implemented in more than 50 countries of the world. Ten years after the publication of the ARIA World Health Organization workshop report, it is important to make a summary of its achievements and identify the still unmet clinical, research, and implementation needs to strengthen the 2011 European Union Priority on allergy and asthma in children.
Collapse
|
23
|
Bobin C, Bouchard J, Pierre S, Thiam C. Overview of a FPGA-based nuclear instrumentation dedicated to primary activity measurements. Appl Radiat Isot 2012; 70:2012-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
|
24
|
Johnston SS, Conner C, Aagren M, Ruiz K, Bouchard J. Association between hypoglycaemic events and fall-related fractures in Medicare-covered patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab 2012; 14:634-43. [PMID: 22335246 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2012.01583.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [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: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
AIMS This retrospective observational study examined the association between International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)-coded outpatient hypoglycaemic events and fall-related fractures in Medicare-covered patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Data were derived from healthcare claims for individuals with employer-sponsored Medicare supplemental insurance. The study period consisted of two consecutive 1-year periods; the baseline period (1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009) and the evaluation period (1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010). Patients selected for study were at least 65 years of age with evidence of type 2 diabetes during the baseline period, as identified using a Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set algorithm or by at least two prescription claims for oral antidiabetic drugs. The baseline period was used to collect information on the patients' demographics and clinical characteristics. The evaluation period was used to identify the presence of hypoglycaemic events and fall-related fractures. Logistic regression was employed to examine the association between hypoglycaemic events and fall-related fractures occurring during the evaluation period, adjusting for patients' demographics and clinical characteristics. RESULTS Of 361 210 included patients, 16 936 had hypoglycaemic events during the evaluation period. Patients with hypoglycaemic events had 70% higher regression-adjusted odds (hypoglycaemic events odds ratio = 1.70; 95% confidence interval = 1.58-1.83) of fall-related fractures than patients without hypoglycaemic events. Multiple sensitivity analyses also yielded results suggesting increased odds of fall-related fractures in patients with hypoglycaemic events. CONCLUSIONS ICD-9-CM-coded outpatient hypoglycaemic events were independently associated with an increased risk of fall-related fractures. Further studies of the relationship between hypoglycaemia and the risk of fall-related fractures are warranted.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- S S Johnston
- Thomson Reuters, 4301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
25
|
Bobin C, Thiam C, Chauvenet B, Bouchard J. On the stochastic dependence between photomultipliers in the TDCR method. Appl Radiat Isot 2012; 70:770-80. [PMID: 22244195 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 12/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
|
26
|
|
27
|
Bousquet J, Schünemann HJ, Zuberbier T, Bachert C, Baena-Cagnani CE, Bousquet PJ, Brozek J, Canonica GW, Casale TB, Demoly P, Gerth van Wijk R, Ohta K, Bateman ED, Calderon M, Cruz AA, Dolen WK, Haughney J, Lockey RF, Lötvall J, O'Byrne P, Spranger O, Togias A, Bonini S, Boulet LP, Camargos P, Carlsen KH, Chavannes NH, Delgado L, Durham SR, Fokkens WJ, Fonseca J, Haahtela T, Kalayci O, Kowalski ML, Larenas-Linnemann D, Li J, Mohammad Y, Mullol J, Naclerio R, O'Hehir RE, Papadopoulos N, Passalacqua G, Rabe KF, Pawankar R, Ryan D, Samolinski B, Simons FER, Valovirta E, Yorgancioglu A, Yusuf OM, Agache I, Aït-Khaled N, Annesi-Maesano I, Beghe B, Ben Kheder A, Blaiss MS, Boakye DA, Bouchard J, Burney PG, Busse WW, Chan-Yeung M, Chen Y, Chuchalin AG, Costa DJ, Custovic A, Dahl R, Denburg J, Douagui H, Emuzyte R, Grouse L, Humbert M, Jackson C, Johnston SL, Kaliner MA, Keith PK, Kim YY, Klossek JM, Kuna P, Le LT, Lemiere C, Lipworth B, Mahboub B, Malo JL, Marshall GD, Mavale-Manuel S, Meltzer EO, Morais-Almeida M, Motala C, Naspitz C, Nekam K, Niggemann B, Nizankowska-Mogilnicka E, Okamoto Y, Orru MP, Ouedraogo S, Palkonen S, Popov TA, Price D, Rosado-Pinto J, Scadding GK, Sooronbaev TM, Stoloff SW, Toskala E, van Cauwenberge P, Vandenplas O, van Weel C, Viegi G, Virchow JC, Wang DY, Wickman M, Williams D, Yawn BP, Zar HJ, Zernotti M, Zhong N. Development and implementation of guidelines in allergic rhinitis – an ARIA-GA2LEN paper. Allergy 2010; 65:1212-21. [PMID: 20887423 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02439.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
The links between asthma and rhinitis are well characterized. The Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines stress the importance of these links and provide guidance for their prevention and treatment. Despite effective treatments being available, too few patients receive appropriate medical care for both diseases. Most patients with rhinitis and asthma consult primary care physicians and therefore these physicians are encouraged to understand and use ARIA guidelines. Patients should also be informed about these guidelines to raise their awareness of optimal care and increase control of the two related diseases. To apply these guidelines, clinicians and patients need to understand how and why the recommendations were made. The goal of the ARIA guidelines is to provide recommendations about the best management options for most patients in most situations. These recommendations should be based on the best available evidence. Making recommendations requires the assessment of the quality of available evidence, deciding on the balance between benefits and downsides, consideration of patients’ values and preferences, and, if applicable, resource implications. Guidelines must be updated as new management options become available or important new evidence emerges. Transparent reporting of guidelines facilitates understanding and acceptance, but implementation strategies need to be improved.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jean Bousquet
- University Hospital, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
28
|
Bobin C, Bouchard J, Censier B. First results in the development of an on-line digital counting platform dedicated to primary measurements. Appl Radiat Isot 2010; 68:1519-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
|
29
|
Abstract
Crawford and collaborators have studied extensively the solubilization of lignocellulose by two Streptomyces species, S. badius and S. viridosporus. Using a condensed industrial lignin essentially devoid of carbohydrates, Indulin AT, as the sole source of carbon, similar results were obtained: (i) the growths of the bacteria were optimum at pH 7.5 to 8.5; (ii) yeast extract was a better source of nitrogen than NH(4)Cl; (iii) the products of the depolymerization of Indulin were soluble, acid-precipitable polymers. When d-glucose was added as a secondary carbon source, it was used preferentially and the production of acid-precipitable polymers began only after the complete depletion of the sugar. On the assumption that the degradation of Indulin was catalyzed by enzymes, proteins found in the culture media and soluble and insoluble intracellular proteins were incubated with Indulin at pH 7.0 at 37 degrees C. Proteins in all fractions from S. badius had ligninolytic activities which, with the exception of those in the intracellular soluble fraction, were increased in the presence of H(2)O(2). In S. viridosporus, both extra- and intracellular soluble activities were found which were not increased by H(2)O(2). The extracellular activity of S. viridosporus was not affected by heat, resisted partially an exposure to pH 1.0, and was completely destroyed by proteolysis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- H Giroux
- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine, and Département de Génie Chimique, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1H 5N4
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
30
|
Censier B, Bobin C, Bouchard J, Aubineau-Lanièce I. DUPLICATE: Digital instrumentation and management of dead time: First results on a NaI well-type detector setup. Appl Radiat Isot 2010:S0969-8043(10)00025-4. [PMID: 20417108 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
The Publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of an article that has already been published, doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.040. The duplicate article has therefore been withdrawn.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- B Censier
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
31
|
McAdam-Marx C, Bouchard J, Aagren M, Nelson R, Brixner D. Analysis of glycaemic control and weight change in patients initiated with human or analog insulin in an US ambulatory care setting. Diabetes Obes Metab 2010; 12:54-64. [PMID: 19758356 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2009.01128.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Insulin is a mainstay in the treatment of type 1 diabetes and is a recommended option in patients with type 2 diabetes who fail to maintain glycaemic control on other non-insulin therapies. The purpose of this study was to describe patient characteristics and evaluate changes in glycaemic control and weight in patients treated with insulin in an ambulatory care setting. METHODS Patients with diabetes were identified from the General Electric electronic medical record (EMR) database (1 September 2004 to 30 April 2008). Patients were > or =18 years, insulin naive, newly treated with monoinsulin therapy (index date). Baseline characteristics were identified overall and stratified by insulin type (basal, mixed, and rapid). Basal insulins were described by human versus analog and for insulin detemir and insulin glargine. Change in haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) and weight from baseline (45 days pre- to 15 days postindex date) to 6 months (+/-90 days) were compared. Regression analyses were used to evaluate HbA1C outcomes across insulins and for the likelihood of gaining 0.9 kg (2 lbs) for detemir versus glargine controlling for baseline characteristics. RESULTS A total of 12 136 patients were included. A majority were initiated on a basal insulin (64.7%) followed by mixed (20.8%) and rapid (14.4%). Basal users had significantly higher mean body weight and lower mean baseline HbA1C than mixed users (p < 0.001 for all), and were significantly older, had higher baseline HbA1C and higher baseline body mass index (BMI) than rapid insulin users (p < 0.001 for all). Glargine patients had a significantly higher mean baseline HbA1C (p = 0.003) than detemir patients. The adjusted reduction in HbA1C was greater for rapid insulin than for mixed or basal insulin (p < or = 0.05). The adjusted differences in HbA1C between basal human and basal analog insulins and between detemir and glargine were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Patients using detemir were 30% less likely to gain 0.9 kg or more than glargine users (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS HbA1C outcomes in the ambulatory care setting were generally not different between insulin classes. The likelihood of weight gain was less with insulin detemir than with insulin glargine. Thus, real-world weight outcomes for basal analog insulin may differ by specific product.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C McAdam-Marx
- University of Utah, Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
32
|
Macedo E, Bouchard J, Mehta RL. Renal replacement therapy for acute renal failure. MINERVA UROL NEFROL 2009; 61:189-204. [PMID: 19773722] [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: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
Renal replacement therapy became a common clinical tool to treat patients with severe acute kidney injury (AKI) since the 1960s. During this time dialytic options have expanded considerably; biocompatible membranes, bicarbonate dialysate and dialysis machines with volumetric ultrafiltration control have improved the treatment for acute kidney injury. Along with advances in methods of intermittent hemodialysis, continuous renal replacement therapies have gained widespread acceptance in the treatment of dialysis-requiring AKI. However, many of the fundamental aspects of the renal replacement treatment such as indication, timing of dialytic intervention, and choice of dialysis modality are still controversial and may influence AKI patient's outcomes. This review outlines current concepts in the use of dialysis techniques for AKI and suggests an approach for selecting the optimal method of renal replacement therapy.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- E Macedo
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
33
|
McAdam-Marx C, Nelson R, Aagren M, Bouchard J, Brixner D. Analysis of glycaemic control outcomes vs. baseline in patients treated with analog basal insulin in a real-world setting. Can J Diabetes 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1499-2671(09)33281-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
|
34
|
Bouchard J, Ouimet D, Vallée M, Leblanc M, Pichette V. Effect of vitamin D supplementation on calcidiol and parathyroid hormone levels. Perit Dial Int 2008; 28:565. [PMID: 18708560] [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: 05/26/2023] Open
|
35
|
Loidl M, Leblanc E, Rodrigues M, Branger T, Lacour D, Bouchard J, Censier B. Validation study of a new technique for absolute activity measurement with 4pi solid angle metallic magnetic calorimeters. Appl Radiat Isot 2008; 66:872-6. [PMID: 18372187 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
In this paper we present a prototype of a new class of detectors, metallic magnetic calorimeters operating at cryogenic temperatures, which we are developing for absolute activity measurement of low-energy-emitting radionuclides. We explain the detection principle and give a detailed description of the realisation of the prototype, containing an (55)Fe source inside the detector absorber. The analysis of first data taken with this detector is presented and the result of activity measurement compared with liquid scintillation counting. Some ways for reducing the uncertainty that can be achieved with this new technique are proposed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M Loidl
- CEA Saclay, DRT/LIST/DETECS/LNHB, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
36
|
Bouchard J, Mehta RL. Acid-base disturbances in the intensive care unit: current issues and the use of continuous renal replacement therapy as a customized treatment tool. Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31:6-14. [PMID: 18286450 DOI: 10.1177/039139880803100103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT) are often used to manage complex acid-base problems in critically ill patients. These techniques allow a constant manipulation of the plasma composition. Several technical factors from CRRT influence the acid-base status; namely, the effluent rate, the operational characteristics of the technique, the content of the solutions and the metabolic rate of the buffer. This article reviews the common acid base disorders occurring in the intensive care unit, using both the anion gap and the strong ion gap approaches, and describes the influence of CRRT on acid-base physiology. The use of CRRT as a customized therapy for acid-base disorders is discussed, allowing an integration of both physiological and technical concepts.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J Bouchard
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, California - USA
| | | |
Collapse
|
37
|
Bousquet J, Khaltaev N, Cruz AA, Denburg J, Fokkens WJ, Togias A, Zuberbier T, Baena-Cagnani CE, Canonica GW, van Weel C, Agache I, Aït-Khaled N, Bachert C, Blaiss MS, Bonini S, Boulet LP, Bousquet PJ, Camargos P, Carlsen KH, Chen Y, Custovic A, Dahl R, Demoly P, Douagui H, Durham SR, van Wijk RG, Kalayci O, Kaliner MA, Kim YY, Kowalski ML, Kuna P, Le LTT, Lemiere C, Li J, Lockey RF, Mavale-Manuel S, Meltzer EO, Mohammad Y, Mullol J, Naclerio R, O'Hehir RE, Ohta K, Ouedraogo S, Palkonen S, Papadopoulos N, Passalacqua G, Pawankar R, Popov TA, Rabe KF, Rosado-Pinto J, Scadding GK, Simons FER, Toskala E, Valovirta E, van Cauwenberge P, Wang DY, Wickman M, Yawn BP, Yorgancioglu A, Yusuf OM, Zar H, Annesi-Maesano I, Bateman ED, Ben Kheder A, Boakye DA, Bouchard J, Burney P, Busse WW, Chan-Yeung M, Chavannes NH, Chuchalin A, Dolen WK, Emuzyte R, Grouse L, Humbert M, Jackson C, Johnston SL, Keith PK, Kemp JP, Klossek JM, Larenas-Linnemann D, Lipworth B, Malo JL, Marshall GD, Naspitz C, Nekam K, Niggemann B, Nizankowska-Mogilnicka E, Okamoto Y, Orru MP, Potter P, Price D, Stoloff SW, Vandenplas O, Viegi G, Williams D. Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008 update (in collaboration with the World Health Organization, GA(2)LEN and AllerGen). Allergy 2008; 63 Suppl 86:8-160. [PMID: 18331513 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01620.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2986] [Impact Index Per Article: 186.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Asthma/epidemiology
- Asthma/etiology
- Asthma/therapy
- Child
- Global Health
- Humans
- Prevalence
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/complications
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/diagnosis
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/epidemiology
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/therapy
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/complications
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/diagnosis
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/epidemiology
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/therapy
- Risk Factors
- World Health Organization
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J Bousquet
- University Hospital and INSERM, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
38
|
Dupre N, Valdmanis P, Bouchard J, Rouleau G. G.P.11.05 A family with an autosomal dominant phenotype consistent with primary lateral sclerosis. Neuromuscul Disord 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.06.212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
|
39
|
Dupre N, Chrestian N, Brunet D, Bouchard J, Mathieu J, Puymirat J. G.P.10.15 Genotype–phenotype correlation and identification of new mutations in non-dystrophic myotonias. Neuromuscul Disord 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.06.206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
|
40
|
Bobin C, Bouchard J, Hamon C, Iroulart MG, Plagnard J. Standardization of 67Ga using a 4π(LS)β–γ anti-coincidence system. Appl Radiat Isot 2007; 65:757-63. [PMID: 17379531 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 10/10/2006] [Revised: 12/18/2006] [Accepted: 01/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
(67)Ga is an interesting radionuclide as it is widely used in nuclear medicine. The meta-stable level related to the 93.3keV gamma-transition represents the main difficulty when using the coincidence method to standardize this radionuclide. The 4pi(LS)beta-gamma anti-coincidence system implemented at LNHB is based on the use of electronic modules specifically designed for radioactivity metrology. On the contrary to classical coincidence systems, activity measurements of (67)Ga are carried out as for prompt beta-gamma emitters; indeed, when using a live-timed anti-coincidence system with extendable dead times, the problem due to the excess of counting generated by the meta-stable level is avoided. Considering that the standardization of (67)Ga does not depend on the decay scheme parameters (except for the half-life), the measurement of the gamma-emission intensities has been performed. The standardization of this radionuclide was also a good opportunity for a new participation of our laboratory in the SIR of (67)Ga (International Reference System); the result obtained with the 4pi(LS)beta-gamma anti-coincidence system is compared with those submitted by other National Metrology Institutes (NMIs). The non-extendable dead times used in most of the participations could be one of the causes responsible for the abnormal dispersion of the results. The optimization of the standard solution of (67)Ga for the radioactive source preparation is also discussed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C Bobin
- LNE-LNHB, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA/Saclay, F-91191 Gif/Yvette Cedex, France.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
41
|
Keel AJ, Orr MA, Hernandez RR, Patrocinio EA, Bouchard J. From a technology-oriented to a service-oriented approach to IT management. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1147/sj.463.0549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
|
42
|
Abstract
Applications such as environment monitoring implying alpha emitters activity measurement associated with isotope identification, require high-energy resolution detectors. Conventional silicon detectors are inexpensive therefore widely used, although intrinsically limited in energy resolution. Thermal detection principle of cryogenic detectors introduces a breakthrough in alpha particle measurement. For the first time, spectra with 5.5 keV FWHM energy resolution have been obtained for several external alpha emitting sources using a copper-germanium bolometer specially developed for alpha spectrometry.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- E Leblanc
- Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, Cedex, France.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
43
|
Bousquet J, van Cauwenberge P, Aït Khaled N, Bachert C, Baena-Cagnani CE, Bouchard J, Bunnag C, Canonica GW, Carlsen KH, Chen YZ, Cruz AA, Custovic A, Demoly P, Dubakiene R, Durham S, Fokkens W, Howarth P, Kemp J, Kowalski ML, Kvedariene V, Lipworth B, Lockey R, Lund V, Mavale-Manuel S, Meltzer EO, Mullol J, Naclerio R, Nekam K, Ohta K, Papadopoulos N, Passalacqua G, Pawankar R, Popov T, Potter P, Price D, Scadding G, Simons FER, Spicak V, Valovirta E, Wang DY, Yawn B, Yusuf O. Pharmacologic and anti-IgE treatment of allergic rhinitis ARIA update (in collaboration with GA2LEN). Allergy 2006; 61:1086-96. [PMID: 16918512 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01144.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The pharmacologic treatment of allergic rhinitis proposed by ARIA is an evidence-based and step-wise approach based on the classification of the symptoms. The ARIA workshop, held in December 1999, published a report in 2001 and new information has subsequently been published. The initial ARIA document lacked some important information on several issues. This document updates the ARIA sections on the pharmacologic and anti-IgE treatments of allergic rhinitis. Literature published between January 2000 and December 2004 has been included. Only a few studies assessing nasal and non-nasal symptoms are presented as these will be discussed in a separate document.
Collapse
MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anti-Allergic Agents/administration & dosage
- Anti-Allergic Agents/adverse effects
- Anti-Allergic Agents/therapeutic use
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/administration & dosage
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/adverse effects
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/therapeutic use
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/administration & dosage
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/adverse effects
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin E/immunology
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/drug therapy
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/immunology
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/therapy
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/drug therapy
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/immunology
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/therapy
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J Bousquet
- University Hospital and INSERM U454, Montpellier, France
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
44
|
Bobin C, Bouchard J. A 4pi(LS)beta-gamma coincidence system using a TDCR apparatus in the beta-channel. Appl Radiat Isot 2005; 64:124-30. [PMID: 16102969 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2005] [Revised: 06/09/2005] [Accepted: 06/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
This article is an overview of the capabilities of a 4 pi(LS)beta-gamma coincidence counting system based on a liquid scintillation detector in the beta-channel. Equipped with a three-photomultiplier apparatus designed for the triple to double coincidence ratio (TDCR) method, the 4 pi(LS)beta-gamma coincidence system developed at LNHB combines the two techniques. The 4 pi(LS)beta-gamma counting setup records the different types of scintillation events between photomultipliers (double and triple coincidences) and the associated gamma-spectra according to a bi-dimensional configuration. When measuring the activity of a (54)Mn solution, the extrapolation method is carried out by defocusing the photomultipliers; this procedure allows the measurement of gamma-ray sensitivity of the scintillation cocktail in the 835 keV energy region. In addition, in the framework of a (65)Zn standardization, 4 pi(LS)beta-gamma measurements are compared with standard 4 pi(PC)beta-gamma anticoincidence counting using a proportional counter in the beta-channel.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ch Bobin
- LNHB, CEA/Saclay, F-91191 Gif/Yvette Cedex, France.
| | | |
Collapse
|
45
|
de Sanoit J, Leprince B, Bobin C, Bouchard J. Freeze-drying applied to radioactive source preparation. Appl Radiat Isot 2004; 61:1391-5. [PMID: 15388138 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2003] [Accepted: 04/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
In the framework of R&D studies for the improvement of radioactive source efficiencies prepared on thin films for 4pibeta-gamma coincidence counting, a comparative study on two drying methods has been undertaken in our laboratory (BNM-Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, France). The standard method of evaporation at atmospheric pressure and a method based on freeze-drying using commercial equipment are compared. The preliminary results of this study obtained with 65Zn sources are presented and a significant improvement of the detection efficiencies to the electron emission for freeze-dried sources is shown. In the course of validation of this method, other radionuclides were studied and, up to now, the results confirm the better crystallization homogeneity achieved for freeze-dried sources.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J de Sanoit
- CEA-BNM Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
46
|
Abstract
Half-life measurements have been carried out at LNHB for 88Y using a 4pi gamma-ionisation chamber and for 89Sr using a proportional counter. The determined half-life values and associated standard uncertainties are 106.63 +/- 0.05 d for 88Y and 50.65 +/- 0.05 d for 89Sr, being consistent with relevant values reported in literature. Based on the present results and relevant literature values revised recommended half-life values and associated standard uncertainties are proposed, viz. 106.626 +/- 0.021 d for 88Y and 50.57 +/- 0.03 d for 89Sr.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M N Amiot
- BNM-CEA/LNHB, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex, 31062 France.
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
47
|
Fortin K, Carceller A, Robert M, Lamarre V, Bouchard J, Dobrescu OM, Lebel MH. 86 Latent Tuberculosis in Foreign-Born Children. Paediatr Child Health 2004. [DOI: 10.1093/pch/9.suppl_a.45aa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
|
48
|
Loidl M, Leblanc E, Bouchard J, Branger T, Coron N, Leblanc J, de Marcillac P, Rotzinger H, Daniyarov T, Linck M, Fleischmann A, Enss C. High-energy resolution X-ray, gamma and electron spectroscopy with cryogenic detectors. Appl Radiat Isot 2004; 60:363-8. [PMID: 14987669 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Cryogenic detectors offer remarkably better energy resolutions than those achievable with conventional semiconductor or scintillation detectors. With the additional asset of a detection efficiency close to unity for low-energy X-ray photons and electrons, these detectors have the potential to perform X-ray, gamma and electron spectroscopy of a hitherto unknown quality, in particular at low energies. Two types of cryogenic detectors are described and the results of prototype detectors are presented.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M Loidl
- Bureau National de Métrologie, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
49
|
Dussault C, Brault M, Lemire AM, Bouchard J. The role of cocaine in fatal crashes: first results of the Québec drug study. Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med 2002; 45:125-37. [PMID: 12214346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
Abstract
As part of a major undertaking to establish the contribution of drugs in road crashes in Quebec, the present study focuses on the role of cocaine. Coroner, forensic laboratory and police accident records from April 1999 to December 2000 were matched for 265 fatally injured drivers of passenger vehicles. Cocaine was found in 7.9% of urine samples and 6.0% of blood samples. In order to set up a control group, two roadside surveys were conducted in August 1999 and 2000. The survey sample was distributed proportionately to the number of fatal accidents per time of day and day of the week. During both daytime and nighttime, a total of 11,952 drivers participated in the two surveys among which 11,574 provided a breath sample (96.8%), 8,177 a saliva sample (68.4%) and 5,931 a urine sample (49.6%). Cocaine was detected in 1.1% of urine samples and 1.0% of saliva samples of the driving population. In both fatally injured drivers and driving population, cocaine was found mostly (> 90%) in four main types of combination: cocaine alone, cocaine + cannabis, cocaine + alcohol, cocaine + cannabis + alcohol. The data collected allowed two different analyses: a case-control (urine/urine) and a responsibility analysis (case-case approach) that compares cocaine cases to drug-free cases. Despite some data limitations, all analyses for the four main types of combination clearly suggest that cocaine use plays a role in fatal crashes.
Collapse
|
50
|
Abstract
The three electronic modules presented here, connected to two MTR2 modules of extended dead-time discriminators, allow setting-up a complete coincidence system according to the principle of the pulse-mixing method. Results produced by such a system including these modules were compared with those of an older system working in a completely different mode (IMPECC).
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J Bouchard
- BNM-LNHB, CEA-Saclay, Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
| |
Collapse
|