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

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'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

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0