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Passive smoking and expired carbon monoxide concentrations in healthy and asthmatic children
(Elsevier, 2000)
Background:carbon monoxide (CO) in expired air hasbeen reported to be an indirect measurement for thequantity of passive smoking. Since endogen CO isproduced in inflammatory processes and inflammation isthe ...
Predictors for multiple hospital admissions in children with asthma
(Hindawi Publishing, 2000)
Background: Asthma is one of the most frequent causes of preventable hospital admissions among children.
Objectives: To identify preventable risk factors for future hospital admissions. Some of the environmental and ...
Severity of asthma and frequency of attacks in comparison with patient characteristics in children
(Official Journal of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, 1999)
The incidence and severity of asthma attacks continue to increase despite advances in management. In this study the factors influencing severity and frequency of asthma attack were investigated in children.
Failure of therapeutic vaccination using hepatitis B surface antigen vaccine in the immunotolerant phase of children with chronic hepatitis B infection
(Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation and John Wiley & Sons Australia, 2003)
Summary Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of specific hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination as active immunotherapy in treating chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection during the immune-tolerant phase ...
Intravenous magnesium sulphate in the management of moderate to severe acute asthmatic children nonresponding to conventional therapy
(Wolters Kluwer, 1999)
Management of severe acute asthma attacks in children sometimes bring difficulties to the physician. Some current treatment strategies have focused on intravenous magnesium sulphate administration in patients nonresponding ...
Clinical characteristics of children with snakebite poisoning and management of complications in the pediatric intensive care unit
(Japan Pediatric Society, 2005)
Background: Venomous snakebite is an emergency condition with high morbidity and mortality in childhood. Nearly all venomous snakes in Turkey are members of the Viperidae family and show poisonous local and hematotoxic ...
Therapeutic vaccination in the immunotolerant phase of children with chronic hepatitis B infection
(Wolters Kluwer, 2003)
Aim: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major global health concern and is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. Our aim was to investigate the efficacy of specific HBV vaccination as active ...
Hypovolemic shock as an initial presentation of pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus
(Japan Pediatric Society, 2005)
Most children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) initially present with non-specific symptoms of fever, anorexia, weight loss and malaise; hypovolemic shock has never been described as onset of the disease1. When ...
Predictors for multiple hospital admissions in children with bronchial asthma
(Official Journal of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, 1999)
Asthma is one of the most frequent causes of preventable hospital admissions among children. Some environmental and patient characteristics of children who were multiple hospitalized with an acute asthma attack were ...
Pulmonary function tests in children with thalassemia
(Official Journal of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, 1999)
Tissue iron deposition from multiple blood tranfusions is common in beta thalassemia and pulmonary iron deposition may result in parenchymal damage.
