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Filter by:Aim: To evaluate the use of AeviceMD Monitoring System (AeviceMD) asthma in reducing acute exacerbation. Methodology: Using a randomized controlled trial design, this project aims evaluate the effectiveness of AeviceMD in improving patients' outcomes in terms of reducing exacerbation, healthcare utilization, improving quality of life, self-efficacy, and cost effectiveness. Paediatric patients above age 7 and adults will be recruited. The data follow-up period is 3 months. It will also evaluate the usability of the device from both patients' and clinicians' perspective. 180 patients (124 adults, 56 pediatrics) and 120 clinicians will be recruited. Importance of study: This study will evaluate if the AeviceMD can help improve disease management and reduce recurrence of asthma exacerbation. Potential benefits and risk: AeviceMD allows for remote monitoring and tracking of patients' lung sounds, which could be used by patients to monitor their lung condition and prevent an episode of exacerbation or worsening exacerbations culminating in an admission which who further utilize already limited healthcare resources. An exacerbation is an episode of severe shortness of breath, cough, and chest tightening which warrants a visit to a healthcare institution. Through self-monitoring, patients can be empowered to self-manage their asthma, with aid of the asthma action plan which is given to all patients with asthma. AeviceMD can also help provide clinicians with patients' objective lung data. In the primary care setting, care is also fragmented as patients are often followed-up by a different doctor or healthcare providers. Clinicians have no objective data to track patients, and is dependent on patients' self-report and possible recall bias. There is no expected risk with the use of the device.
The goal of this interventional study is to examine the effect of asthma flare-up clinic follow-up in adult subjects after an asthma flare-up. This study aim to answer the following questions: 1. Does a follow-up in a flare-up clinic improves disease outcomes? 2. Does a follow-up in a flare-up clinic improves disease management? Participants in the intervention group will take part in a structured follow-up at the asthma flare-up clinic at three time points. Each visit will include questionnaires, pulmonologist examination and consultation, laboratory tests and spirometry. The control group will undergo phone-call follow-up with a research coordinator in similar time frames as the intervention. Researchers will compare the two groups to see if the clinic follow-up affects the study outcomes.
This study aims to identify whether early administration of magnesium sulfate in moderate asthma exacerbations can potentially avoid admission, decrease length of stay in the emergency department (ED), decrease length of stay (LOS) in the general hospital floor vs pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and decrease the need for respiratory support.
A prospective study in Beni-Seuf University Hospital that was conducted on 123 adult patients with acute asthma exacerbations. Patients were classified into group (I): received IV magnesium sulfate, group (II): received nebulized magnesium sulfate, and group (III): control group. Blood pressure, respiratory rate, pulse, peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) measurement using a peak flowmeter, Fischl index and need for hospitalization in patients with acute bronchial asthma were done for all patients before treatment, immediately after the treatment, "30", and "60" min after treatment.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate dexpramipexole as an add-on oral therapy in participants with inadequately controlled eosinophilic asthma to evaluate improvements in lung function, asthma control, and quality of life. In addition, the study will further evaluate the safety and tolerability of dexpramipexole in participants with eosinophilic asthma.
After outpatient clinic visit, asthmatic patients with worsening of symptoms (including dyspnea, wheezing, chest tightness, cough, activity limitation, awaken in the midnight due to discomfort) and are diagnosed of acute exacerbation by physician, will be recruited. The patients are asked to record symptoms using asthma symptom diary (ASD) with home spirometry simultaneously for 14 days. Visit 1 (day 1) All patients will be evaluated the following: 1. Record the patients' demographics (age, gender, race), baseline characteristics, comorbidities, health care resources use (visits, lab tests, hospitalization and cost), pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments 2. Blood sampling for eosinophils, eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) and immunoglobulin E (IgE) as clinically indicated (if no data available within one year for the last two) 3. The study assistant will introduce to the patient how to manipulate the home spirometry and its app, and to record the daily asthma symptoms by using the ASD on the mobile phone. Visit 2 (day 15) All patients will be arranged outpatient clinic follow up 2 weeks later from the first visit. The outpatient clinic physician will check the home spirometry report and ASD symptom score in the past 2 weeks, and have a well explanation of these results. Statistical analysis The usage of digital function including input ASD, and the lung function from portable spirometer in study arm will be demonstrated by descriptive statistics.
Exacerbations of asthma (asthma attacks) are very common in the UK. They are frightening for patients, expensive for the health service, and occasionally lead to avoidable deaths. Despite the obvious importance of asthma attacks, they remain poorly understood. Although some of the triggers for attacks are known, the resultant characteristics of attacks are not. Recent research has shown different inflammation profiles associated with asthma attacks; however, this is not well understood, and all asthma attacks are treated the same. Increased knowledge about the nature of asthma attacks may better define these attacks and help develop more targeted treatment options. This study aims to describe the characteristics of patients admitted with asthma attacks. The recovery and response to standard treatment for asthma attacks following discharge from the hospital will also be described. This is achieved by studying the characteristics of asthma attacks in patients hospitalized with acute asthma. Participants will be asked to attend two follow-up visits during which their response to treatment will be described. The study is planned to last for 2.5 years, with a recruitment period of 18 months, and will include 100 participants with acute asthma.
Asthma attacks which are moderate-to-severe are typically treated with corticosteroids, but the optimal treatment duration is unknown and treatment responses can be variable. Inadequate treatment may compromise recovery, but increased exposure to corticosteroids is, in turn, associated with drug-related adverse effects. There is a need for a biomarker to guide duration of corticosteroid treatment in asthma attacks. One such candidate biomarker is the blood eosinophil count, which may predict steroid-responsiveness. We hypothesize that the blood eosinophil count can potentially be used as a biomarker to guide the duration of corticosteroids in moderate-to-severe asthma attacks. This study will recruit individuals hospitalized for asthma attack. Participants will be randomized to standard care or blood-eosinophil guided systemic corticosteroid therapy. Subjects in the standard arm will receive oral corticosteroids for a total of 5 days. Subjects in the blood-eosinophil guided arm will receive oral corticosteroids for a total of 5 days if admission eosinophil count is ≥ 0.300 x 10^3/µL, and receive 3 days of oral corticosteroids if the admission blood eosinophil is < 0.300 x 10^3/µL. The rate of treatment failure will be compared between these two groups.
The purpose of this study was to establish the effect on pulse rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, pain and anxiety levels of Fowler's and the forward-leaning positions during nebulization in children experiencing asthma attacks.
An observational study in patients between 12 and 70 years old with an acute asthma exacerbation, to determine the relation between phenotypical characteristics and the treatment response.