Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "ASTHMA"
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Air pollutants and morbidity of cardiopulmonary diseases in a semi-urban Greek peninsula
(2011)Aim: To access the relationship between the frequency of hospitalizations due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and air pollution. Material-method: Time series study during a seven year period (2001-2007) in a ... -
Allergy-associated symptoms in relation to childhood non-Hodgkin's as contrasted to Hodgkin's lymphomas: A case-control study in Greece and meta-analysis
(2012)An increase of the prevalence of childhood allergic diseases and the incidence of childhood Hodgkin's (HL) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) were reported in the late 20th century. Among adults, several studies point to an ... -
AMBIENT PM10 CONCENTRATIONS AND THE IMPACT OF WIND AT AN URBAN SITE IN CENTRAL GREECE
(2012)The goal of this work is the analysis of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 10 mu m (PM10) recorded in the urban area of Volos, a medium-sized Greek coastal city on the eastern seaboard of Central Greece. ... -
Associations of Tonsillar Hypertrophy and Snoring With History of Wheezing in Childhood
(2010)Background: Reports in adults and children have correlated history of wheezing or asthma with the presence of obstructive sleep-disordered breathing but the mechanism of this epidemiologic association is unknown. The goal ... -
Atopy does not affect the frequency of adenotonsillar hypertrophy and sleep apnoea in children who snore
(2014)AimViral respiratory infections and atopy have been implicated in the pathogenesis of adenotonsillar hypertrophy and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), but the role of atopy is controversial. We aimed to test our hypothesis ... -
Azithromycin has a direct relaxant effect on precontracted airway smooth muscle
(2006)Macrolides have been proven to have beneficial bacteriostatic and anti-inflammatory properties, but very little is known about the potential value of their bronchodilatory effect. Therefore, in the present study we ... -
Azithromycin has an antiproliferative and autophagic effect on airway smooth muscle cells
(2009)Azithromycin is used in long-term, low-dose treatment of airway diseases where airway wall remodelling is present. Since it improves total score symptom and respiratory function of such patients, we hypothesise that ... -
Azithromycin reduces the viability of human bronchial smooth muscle cells
(2010)The macrolide antibiotic azithromycin has an antiproliferative and autophagic effect on rabbit tracheal smooth muscle cells (SMCs). The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of azithromycin on human bronchial ... -
BIOCLIMATIC AND AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS IN THE GREATER ATHENS AREA, GREECE, DURING THE WARM PERIOD OF THE YEAR: TRENDS, VARIABILITY AND PERSISTENCE
(2012)The aim of this work is to study the bioclimatic conditions as well as the air quality for three different regions of the greater Athens area (GAA), during the warm period of the year for the time period 2001-2005. ... -
Breast cancer risk in relation to most prevalent IgE specific antibodies: A case control study in Greece
(2007)Background: This study aims to explore the debatable role of allergy in breast cancer (BC) by using country-specific biological markers, namely levels of the most prevalent allergen -specific immunoglobulin E in Greece. ... -
Characteristics of prevalent and new COPD cases in Greece: the GOLDEN study
(2015)Background: Greece has one of the highest rates of smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Europe. Aim: The study aimed to record both the disease characteristics among a sample of Greek COPD patients ... -
Clinical phenotypes related to smoking cessation
(2013)Introduction: The aim of the current study is the identification of clinical phenotypes of patients visiting a specialized smoking cessation center and the determination of smoking cessation rate for each phenotype, 1 year ... -
Epithelium-dependent regulation of airways smooth muscle function. A histamine nitric oxide pathway
(1998)THE airway epithelium is responsible for the production of a number of arachidonic acid and nonprostanoid inhibitory factors. Epithelium synthesises nitric oxide (NO) which may be important in regulating the function of ... -
Exhaled breath condensate pH as a biomarker of COPD severity in ex-smokers
(2011)Endogenous airway acidification, as assessed by exhaled breath condensate (EBC) pH, is present in patients with stable COPD. The aim of this study was to measure EBC pH levels in a large cohort of COPD patients and to ... -
Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Asthma in Adults: The End is the Beginning?
(2011)Approximately 20 years after the initial report of the measurement of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) in the exhaled air of humans, numerous publications have evaluated the possible applications of the fraction of exhaled NO ... -
Exploring the potential of computer and video games for health and physical education: A literature review
(2009)This study aims at critically reviewing recently published scientific literature on the use of computer and video games in Health Education (HE) and Physical Education (PE) with a view: (a) to identifying the potential ... -
Inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers in allergic rhinitis: the effect of smoking
(2009)Accumulating evidence confirms the presence of pan-airway inflammation in allergic rhinitis patients. Smoking is known to affect the asthmatic airway inflammation. However, no study has evaluated the impact of smoking on ... -
Isocapnic Cold Air Challenge in Patients with COPD: Are There any Predisposing Factors?
(2008)Cold air hyperventilation is an indirect challenge (cold air challenge, CACh) with high specificity and low sensitivity in defining asthmatic subjects. A small proportion of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ... -
Medication Use by Athletes at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games
(2009)Objective: To gather data and examine the use by elite Olympic athletes of food supplements and pharmaceutical preparations in total and per sport, country, and gender. Design: Survey study. Setting: Athens 2004 Olympic ...