Showing posts with label phenotypes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phenotypes. Show all posts

Friday, 20 January 2023

Asthma exacerbations are outlined as an acute or subacute worsening of syndromes and lung function concerning the usual conditions of the patient. Asthma is a assorted disease and various phenotypes have been identified.Objective: To see the epidemiological and clinical profile of pediatric inmates hospitalized for unable to respire normally exacerbations in a highly complex metropolitan emergency room.Methods: A retrospective explanatory study that included all children old between 4 to 14 age with a diagnosis of intensification or asthmatic crisis sick in one period period was performed. The dispassionate records were reviewed, and mathematical and clinical history particularly directed to identified various phenotypes and comorbidities were analyzed.Results: Fifty unable to respire normally children met the addition criteria. Prior to treatment, 66% had moderate asthma, and 10% had severe asthma. Persistent rhinitis was found in 66%, and 40% had a annals of at least one former hospitalization for asthma attacks, place 20% had been hospitalized accordingly in the last year and 18% had not completely one previous regimen in the ICU or CPU. Only 70% of the patients had a earlier established diagnosis of asthma and 28% had able compliance with two together treatment and attendance at healing controls. On admission, 20% were obese. In 54% of the cases, individual or both persons reported smoking all along the research period. Symptoms duration superior to admission was inferior 24 hours in 40% of the patients, and 34% could be delineated with doubtful asthma. Twenty two percent of the patients were conceded to the ICU or CPU, of which 45% started their symptoms in less than 24 hours and 36% more can be defined as bearing unstable asthma.Conclusions: We raise a group of patients who, in spite of not presenting syndromes and apparent clinical signs of harsh asthma, some of them accompanying a history of premature hospitalizations, suddenly presented an unable to respire normally exacerbation that progressed in a few hours with respiring failure and requiredadmission to hospital ICU or CPU. Further description is necessary for the instruction, management, and personalized situation of this group cause they resemble a different phenotype earlier described as type II labile asthma in men.

Asthma exacerbations are outlined as an acute or subacute worsening of syndromes and lung function concerning the usual conditions of the patient. Asthma is a assorted disease and various phenotypes have been identified.Objective: To see the epidemiological and clinical profile of pediatric inmates hospitalized for unable to respire normally exacerbations in a highly complex metropolitan emergency room.Methods: A retrospective explanatory study that included all children old between 4 to 14 age with a diagnosis of intensification or asthmatic crisis sick in one period period was performed. The dispassionate records were reviewed, and mathematical and clinical history particularly directed to identified various phenotypes and comorbidities were analyzed.Results: Fifty unable to respire normally children met the addition criteria. Prior to treatment, 66% had moderate asthma, and 10% had severe asthma. Persistent rhinitis was found in 66%, and 40% had a annals of at least one former hospitalization for asthma attacks, place 20% had been hospitalized accordingly in the last year and 18% had not completely one previous regimen in the ICU or CPU. Only 70% of the patients had a earlier established diagnosis of asthma and 28% had able compliance with two together treatment and attendance at healing controls. On admission, 20% were obese. In 54% of the cases, individual or both persons reported smoking all along the research period. Symptoms duration superior to admission was inferior 24 hours in 40% of the patients, and 34% could be delineated with doubtful asthma. Twenty two percent of the patients were conceded to the ICU or CPU, of which 45% started their symptoms in less than 24 hours and 36% more can be defined as bearing unstable asthma.Conclusions: We raise a group of patients who, in spite of not presenting syndromes and apparent clinical signs of harsh asthma, some of them accompanying a history of premature hospitalizations, suddenly presented an unable to respire normally exacerbation that progressed in a few hours with respiring failure and requiredadmission to hospital ICU or CPU. Further description is necessary for the instruction, management, and personalized situation of this group cause they resemble a different phenotype earlier described as type II labile asthma in men.

Author(s) Details:


Isabel Gárate,
Children´s Hospital Dr. Exequiel González Cortés, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Guido Girardi,
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

María Angélica Pérez,
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Arnoldo Quezada,
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/PRAMR-V5/article/view/9137

Thursday, 18 August 2022

Determining the Role of Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) in Lung Diseases | Chapter 9 | Current Overview on Disease and Health Research Vol. 3

 A glycoprotein called SuPAR is released when there is an infection or inflammation. It is a urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor that is serum soluble. Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), which is secreted by macrophages and polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), attaches to the membrane's uPAR (urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor). The suPAR is produced by cleavage from the uPAR. In patients with cancer, infectious disorders, and inflammatory diseases, SuPAR has the ability to either cause or modify a number of diseases (including HIV infections, tuberculosis, liver fibrosis, and inflammatory bowel disease). SuPAR can transform plasminogen into plasmin during cellular invasion, which breaks down fibrin, activates matrix metalloproteases, and facilitates the proteolysis of extracellular matrix proteins. SuPAR regulates the functions of integrins, including triggering intracellular signalling, monocyte chemotaxis, cell adhesion, and proliferation. According to multiple research, SuPAR level is an important marker in patients with different diseases and has been connected to a worse result in a number of infectious and non-infectious conditions. In order to characterise clinical phenotypes, aid in diagnosis, and monitor the efficacy of both tried-and-true and cutting-edge therapeutic methods, lung disease biomarkers are essential. In this review, we look into suPAR's potential as a universal marker for the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic monitoring of lung diseases.


Author(s) Details:

Ummugulsum Can,
Department of Biochemistry, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey.

Sadinaz Akdu,
Department of Biochemistry, Muğla, Fethiye State Hospital, Turkey.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/CODHR-V3/article/view/7897

Tuesday, 10 August 2021

Study on the Evolving Nature of Asthma and Contemporary Management of Respiratory Disorder | Chapter 5 | Highlights on Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 15

 Asthma is a complex and heterogeneous illness that typically develops in childhood and is characterised by coughing, wheezing, and rapid airway response to a variety of environmental stimuli. Bronchial allergies encompass a wide range of manifestations and endotypes.

Asthma immunopathogenesis involves a large number of immune cells, as well as the airway epithelium and both innate and adaptive immunological components. In order to cure asthma, you must first understand its immunology.

Asthma is becoming a major global public health issue. The annual prevalence of severe asthma attacks in adults is estimated to range from 1% to 21%, with over 20% in children aged 6–7 years.

Asthma prevalence varies greatly across the globe, ranging from 0.2 percent to 21.0 percent in adults and from 2.8 percent to 37.6 percent in children aged 6 to 7. New asthma phenotyping and endotyping, as well as better patient classification utilising machine learning and big data, have significantly improved asthma treatment outcomes in both children and adults.

In severe asthma, several research groups have produced cluster analyses of phenotypes and endotypes. These clusters indicate the importance of disease heterogeneity in asthma and point to differences in pathophysiologic mechanisms that distinguish these groups.

Serum immunoglobulin, fractional excretion of nitric oxide, and blood eosinophils are some of the biomarkers for asthma. For the treatment of severe asthma, the Food and Drug Administration has approved five biologicals.

Author (s) Details

Andrew Kiboneka
Department of Paediatrics, Case Hospital, Uganda.

View Book :- https://stm.bookpi.org/HMMS-V15/article/view/2466