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Disease management is used to manage patients who have asthma and who are enrolled in a managed care health plan. To understand the effect of disease management on asthma severity and utilization, the investigators at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, will review data from a Medicaid Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) to determine the number of health plan members with different asthma severities and what their outcomes are. This will help us to improve the service provided to these patients. The investigators wish to publish this so that other health plans can benefit from the investigators experience.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the relative effectiveness of two asthma action plans (pictorial versus written) in terms of asthma action plan knowledge, medication use, and family satisfaction with asthma education.
To immunize both normal and asthmatic subjects with a neoantigen, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and observe the type of antibody and T cell response that develops.
The purpose of this study is to determine if teaching children with asthma how to talk to their doctor about controlling their asthma including symptom frequency in an asthma diary and medication use techniques, will result in less symptom and missed school days, fewer emergency room visits and reduce the cost of asthma health care.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of omalizumab in patients with poorly controlled asthma (because of poor adherence) will decrease allergic airway inflammation and improve asthma control.
The purpose of this study is to test and compare the allergenic effects of three commercially available German cockroach allergen extracts in adults. Study hypothesis: The biological potency of three commercially available German cockroach allergy extracts can be compared using the ID50EAL method to standardize German cockroach allergens.
Current methods of measuring asthma severity can be problematic when used with children. A measurement called exhaled breath condensates (EBC) may be a more useful way to determine asthma severity in childhood. The purpose of this study is to determine if EBC measurements are useful for determining asthma severity in asthmatic children as compared to currently used laboratory measures. Study hypotheses: 1) A broad panel of EBC measures will distinguish asthmatic children not on inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) from both asthmatic children routinely taking ICS and nonasthmatic controls. 2) Standardized equipment and methodologies for EBC collection, processing, storage, shipping, and pH and mediator measurements can be developed that will eliminate significant contamination from oropharyngeal saliva and allow for shipping and processing at a central site.
More and more general practitioners (GPs) use spirometry in their practices. At this time, there is sufficient reason to presume that, after a single postgraduate training program without any further support, most GPs have insufficient knowledge and ability to assure valid interpretation of their spirometry tests. Therefore, some kind of continuous diagnostic support with regard to spirometry interpretation by GPs is advisable. The aim of the present study is to assess whether implementation of spirometry expert support (either by a computerised expert system or a working agreement between general practitioners and respiratory consultants with respect to spirometry interpretation) causes changes in diagnosing and appropriateness and efficiency of medical care in subjects with chronic respiratory morbidity managed in general practice.
This study is designed to investigate the ability of patients with asthma to properly use a new multi-dose dry powder inhaler (MDDPI) device in a real-life situation.