- Objective measurements of compliance in asthma treatment. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Despite an extensive educational program in the self-management of asthma, compliance with recommended treatment was only 40%. Electronic monitoring of peak expiratory flow rate and inhaler usage can provide early identification of patients who do not comply.
- Immunologic findings in confectionary workers. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that exposure to environmental factors in confectionary plants is associated with frequent respiratory symptoms of an irritative nature. Specific skin testing may be useful in characterizing confectionary workers at risk for the development of occupational asthma.
- Comparison of budesonide and disodium cromoglycate for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis in children. [Randomized Controlled Trial]
- CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that nasally administered budesonide has greater efficacy than DSCG in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis in children.
- Use of nasal cytology in the diagnosis of occult chronic sinusitis in asthmatic children. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: We feel that the Rhinoprobe, with criteria of > or = 5 neutrophils per high power field, may be useful as a screen for occult chronic sinusitis in childhood asthma. Confirmation of sinusitis via X-ray is still necessary if neutrophils are present on Rhinoprobe nasal cytology.
- Anaphylaxis due to limpet ingestion. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Limpet is a potentially dangerous allergen specially in patients sensitized to D. pteronyssinus.
- Budesonide and terfenadine, separately and in combination, in the treatment of hay fever. [Randomized Controlled Trial]
- CONCLUSIONS: Budesonide alone is a highly effective treatment for hay fever with few side effects.
- Augmented interleukin-6 secretion in collagen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with systemic sclerosis. [Clinical Trial]
- CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with systemic sclerosis are specifically sensitized to human type I collagen to produce increased levels of IL-6, which may play a role in the pathogenesis in this fibrotic disorder.
- Psyllium hypersensitivity. [Case Reports]
- CONCLUSIONS: The allergens in psyllium appear to be protein in nature and derived from the inner seed endospore and embryo rather than from the husk itself. The patient described herein was sensitized and challenged via ingestion.
- Lack of adverse reactions to measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine in egg-allergic children. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: It is therefore felt the previously reported adverse reactions to MMR vaccine represent reactions to other vaccine components rather than the suspected egg antigens. The presence of egg allergy should therefore not be considered a contraindication to MMR immunization.
- Insect sting allergy: analysis of a cohort of patients who initiated venom immunotherapy from 1978 to 1986. [Journal Article]Ann Allergy. 1994 Dec; 73(6):481-5.AA
- CONCLUSIONS: Most patients who have received four to 6 years of venom immunotherapy continue to tolerate insect stings after cessation of treatment.
- Outcome of cough variant asthma treated with inhaled steroids. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Inhaled corticosteroid therapy after a diagnostic trial of oral steroids is effective for long-term control of cough variant asthma.
- Cardiac tamponade and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections in a 22-year-old woman. [Clinical Conference]
- The association of IgA deficiency with SLE is clearly established but occurs in only a small percentage of patients. Several hypotheses address the relationship between the two disease processes but the common link remains undetermined. It is important to investigate the diagnosis of IgA deficiency in patients presenting with SLE in order to provide the most appropriate treatment. This patient no…
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia (the immotile cilia syndrome). [Review]
- CONCLUSIONS: The diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia requires familiarity with the clinical picture and the specific techniques of identification. Although the basic mechanism of disease is known, the molecular genetics of primary ciliary dyskinesia and the causes for the phenotypic variability remain to be explained. Future research should be directed to the identification of the gene(s) responsible for the manifestations of the disease and to effective methods of activation, in vivo, of dysfunctional cilia.