A nomogram based on four pulmonary factors is helpful but not a substitute for clinical judgment, say the authors. Reliable prognostic tools to help shed light on the critical clinical characteristics ...

Certain seasons are worse for some people with asthma, a chronic lung disease in which airways are inflamed and constricted. Seasonal asthma only flares up at certain times of the year. It may be due ...

Research indicates severe RSV infection in infancy may also increase the risk of children developing asthma. So, what is the evidence linking RSV with asthma? And why might this association exist?

A variety of practices, treatments, and dietary supplements are used for asthma support, yet none are a replacement for standard treatment. Asthma is a chronic lung condition that causes difficulty ...

Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, calibration curves, and decision curve analyses (DCA) were used to estimate the accuracy and net benefits of nomograms. Results: Histologic type, grade, ...

Several validated tools exist for assessing asthma in the clinical setting, including the... Development and validation of nomograms for predicting cardiovascular disease risk in patients with ...

The American Lung Association Asthma Educator Institute is a professional education course for frontline healthcare professionals, such as: nurses, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, ...

Induction of interleukin 8 by American cockroach allergens from human airway epithelial cells via extracellular signal regulatory kinase and jun N-terminal kinase but not p38 mitogen-activated ...