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View Post: Allergy Notes: Allergy and Immunology News of the Day - Allergy ...
2 hours ago by Ves Dimov, MD  
ICS fluticasone decreases inflammation and FEV1 decline in COPD. Adding LABAs does not enhance these effects. http://bit.ly/1uK7Q4. How does a tick bite trigger a sudden allergy to meat? WaPost http://bit.ly/15CqtN ... It can happen: Methylprednisolone-induced anaphylaxis http://bit.ly/1Trki9 Eosinophilic panniculitis: a new form of local reaction with specific immunotherapy http://bit.ly/4ev0tC. Th17 immunity may be also involved in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma ...
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View Post: New asthma research presented at CHEST 2009
3 Nov 2009
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno compared the weekly rates of those admitted to the ER with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with air pollution indices for corresponding weeks. ... Eligible patients had received methylprednisolone, prednisolone, or prednisone. Steroid dosing for group 1 (152 patients) was 1 mg/kg/dose every 6 hours (maximum of 240 mg/day) and 0.5 to 1 mg/kg/dose every 12 hours (maximum of 60 ...
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View Post: Asthma/COPD/allergy - Windows Live
2 Dec 2008
Arrest deteriation in time so symptoms wouldn't develop into COPD. To sum it up.... asthma is an Ig-E triggered/Th2 dominated disease. The symptoms are cough, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Asthma is a very random disease. ... 1) methylprednisolone. 2) prednisolone. 3) prednisone. Inhaled corticosteroids: 1) beclomethasone HFA/Beconase AQ. 2) budesonide DPI & nebulizer/Rhinocort aqua 3) flunisolide MDI/AeroBid. 4) Fluticasone MDI/Flovent ...
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View Post: Corticosteroid Treatment of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia ...
10 Jul 2007 by Gorman, S. K, Slavik, R. S, Marin, J.  
Six (54%) patients in the methylprednisolone group had a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) versus 2 (22%) patients in the control group. Compared with the control group, patients who received methylprednisolone had ...
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View Post: MomTalk.com - Fractures Kill: Protect Your Bones With Quality ...
13 Apr 2009
And you're at even greater risk if you're taking certain medications, such as prednisone; have certain diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Cushing's disease, or Celiac disease; or have a father or mother who had osteoporosis. ... Certain medications such as anticonvulsants (phenobarbital, phenytoin), corticosteroids* (prednisone, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone), immunosuppressants, lithium, total parenteral nutrition, and others. ...
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View Post: Fungal pneumonia, chronic respiratory diseases and glucocorticoids
16 Feb 2007
disorders (asthma, idiopathic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,. COPD). Seven patients were diagnosed with pulmonary aspergillosis. Etiological suspicion of fungal infection was obtained during lifetime in six cases and in .... pneumonia in patients on chronic GC treatment, the overall mean prednisone equivalent dose at the time of admission was 349/8 mg/d. In the hospital stay, the maximum daily dose of methylprednisolone varied ...
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View Post: Dopram (Doxapram) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects, Drug ...
5 May 2009
Arrhythmias seen in some patients in acute respiratory failure secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are probably the result of hypoxia. Doxapram should be used with caution in these patients. Arterial blood gases should be ...
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View Post: Critical Care
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View Blog: These patients were treated with a median dose of 45 mg/day of methylprednisolone for a mean period of 11.4 days. In a small open-label RCT evaluating 31 patients hospitalized for CAP, no mortality benefit was observed in patients ... Several patients admitted to the hospital experience infection-related exacerbations of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which are severe enough to require the use of systemic corticosteroids for a few days [19,25].

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View Post: nephrotic syndrome - PakCorner.Com :: Commitment Of Unlimited ...
23 Nov 2009 by deepak15  
In all cases, prognosis may be worsened by infection; hypertension; significant azotemia; hematuria; or thromboses in cerebral, pulmonary, peripheral, or renal veins. The recurrence rate is high in kidney transplantation patients ..... Reflux nephropathy (chronic pyelonephritis) • Analgesic nephropathy • Obstructive nephropathy (stones, BPH) • Polycystic kidney disease o Very large cysts o onset of the disease at an early age o hypertension are associated with progression ...
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View Post: Extubation failure in intensive care unit: Predictors and ...
15 Aug 2008 by Kulkarni Atul P, Agarwal Vandana  
... APACHE II) and prolonged duration of ventilation. A recent trial in COPD patients found that SAPS II > 35 at ICU admission and need for home ventilation predicted extubation failure. Pneumonia as reason for mechanical ventilation with unresolved infection predicted extubation failure. ..... In a recent double blinded trial, patients planned for extubation received four (20 mg) doses of methylprednisolone starting 12 h before extubation at 4h intervals or placebo. ...
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