1. Determinants of Asthma Morbidity Among Inner-City Populations Juan P. Wisnivesky, MD, MPH Divisions of General Internal Medicine andPulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep…

1. AsthmaAsthma Luana Cardoso 2. What is Asthma? ∗ Chronic disease of the airways that may cause ∗Wheezing ∗Breathlessness ∗Chest tightness ∗Nighttime or early…

Slide 1Asthma Basics for Schools Part 1 - Overview Developed by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) Slide 2 Asthma Basics for Schools Presentation…

Slide 1Integrative Approach to Asthma Slide 2 Asthma prevalence is rising worldwide better diagnosis air pollution allergies dietary factors hygiene hypothesis obesity antibiotics…

1.PDHPE AIHW Report 2008 Graphs  http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10585  2. Life expectancy 3. Mortality rates 4. Infant Mortality 5. Deaths from infectious…

Asthma Dr. Agh Pakniyat Asthma epidemiology children than adults, in females than males, and in blacks than whites or Hispanics. more prevalent in the impoverished and in…

ASTHMA MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM THERAPY Pathogenesis of asthma Pathogenesis of asthma (NHLBI/WHO 1995) Inflammation Environmental risk factor Airway hyperresponsiveness Triggers…

Slide 1Immunotherapy: Evidence in atopy Carla Irani, M.D Allergy/Clinical Immunology Slide 2 Epidemiology Epidemiologic studies of temporal and geographic variation in asthma…

Slide 1 Asthma Kim Otsuka, MD Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow September 21, 2004 UoA PPC 2004 Workshop Lectures Slide 2 Objectives  Overview of asthma  Review NHLBI guidelines…

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND The increasing prevalence of asthma is matters of concern, as of 2010 three hundred million people were affected worldwide and 250,000 annual…