News tagged with exacerbations
Related topics: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Study: Premenstrual mood changes predictive of greater bipolar disorder severity
A study of nearly 300 women with bipolar disorder showed that those reporting flare-ups of mood symptoms before menstruation had more depressive episodes and more severe symptoms during the following year, compared with bipolar ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 16, 2011 |
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'Stepping up' asthma treatment in children leads to improvement
Children with asthma who continue to have symptoms while using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids could benefit from increasing the dosage or adding one of two asthma drugs, a new study by researchers at Washington University ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 02, 2010 |
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COPD patients often given wrong treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Generally speaking, patients with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) deteriorate suddenly, in bursts, often as a result of bacterial or viral infections.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Researcher uses GPS to find asthma causes
(PhysOrg.com) -- David Van Sickle is looking for a few pioneering asthmatics. He wants to attach a GPS device to their inhalers before they boldly go out into a spring world filled with allergens.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 26, 2009 |
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New clinical guidelines for exacerbations in cystic fibrosis
The American Thoracic Society has released new clinical guidelines for the treatment of exacerbations in cystic fibrosis based on a review of the literature on current clinical practices.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Different dosing, administration of corticosteroids for severe COPD shows comparable outcomes
In contrast to clinical guidelines, new research finds that the vast majority of patients hospitalized for severe symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were initially treated with higher doses of corticosteroids ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 15, 2010 |
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