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Investigation of mad honey use as an alternative treatment in patients admitted to the pulmonary clinic: Ordu, Turkey example

Abstract This study assessed mad honey use in alternative treatments. The universe of this descriptive study was patients admitted to the pulmonary disease clinic located in the Ordu province of the Black Sea region between 15 December 2014 and 15 February 2015. We did not use a sampling method and patie...

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Modulate PAF-stimulated Equine Alveolar Macrophages

Abstract Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a potent proinflammatory mediator that is produced in increased amounts in the lungs of asthmatic humans and horses. The present pilot study, shows that mesenchymal stromal cells can modulate alveolar macrophage function in asthma, interfering in the activity ...

Insulina modula o fenótipo de células imunes na inflamação alérgica pulmonar, aumentando a resistência pulmonar de camundongos diabéticos

Dados mostram que o aparecimento do diabetes mellitus (DM), em pacientes previamente asmáticos, diminui os sintomas da asma, enquanto a insulina agrava a asma. Devido a dados na literatura e por dados prévios do nosso grupo, o presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito modulatório da insulina...

Quiste hidatídico pulmonar en paciente con diagnóstico de asma bronquial, a propósito de un caso

INSPILIP; 3 (1), 2019
La hidatidosis es una zoonosis distribuida mundialmente, causada por el Echinococcus granulosusen su fase larvaria. Prevalente en zonas agrícolas y ganaderas, su localización más habitual es hepática y pulmonar (>90 %), puede ser asintomática o manifestar síntomas de acuerd...

Evolução de crianças asmáticas com tratamento homeopático
Evolution in asthmatic children through homeopatic treatment

Estudando 43 crianças asmáticas, atendidas no ambulatório de asma da Associação Paulista de Homeopatia, pudemos observar boa evolução na intensidade e no número de crises com o tratamento, bem como constatar a importância dos fatores físicos e climáticos na etiologia asmática e na busca do re...

Clinical, functional, and cytological evaluation of sputum in postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans: a possible overlap with asthma?

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (5), 2019

Most frequent errors in inhalation technique of patients with asthma treated at a tertiary care hospital

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To demonstrate the most frequent errors in inhalation technique in patients with asthma undergoing treatment at a tertiary care hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of asthma patients aged 18 years or over, treated at a pulmonology outpatient clinic o...

Association between MCP-1 -2518A>G polymorphism and asthma susceptibility: a meta-analysis

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (11), 2019
The published data on the association between MCP-1 -2518A>G polymorphism and asthma susceptibility are inconclusive. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to estimate the impact of MCP-1 -2518A>G polymorphism on asthma susceptibility. PubMed, Web of Science, Wanfang, and China National Knowledge...

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its relationship with factors associated with recurrent wheezing

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency in children 0-18 years of age with recurrent wheezing and/or asthma residing in the microregion of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and treated at a referral center, and to determine its association with major risk facto...