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Filter by:Chronic rejection (or Bronchiolitis Obliterans syndrome-BOS) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity after lung transplantation. Because montelukast has been shown to be of some efficacy in a similar disease (Obliterative Bronchiolitis after bone marrow transplantation), the investigators would like to test if montelukast can indeed slow down the progression of chronic rejection after lung transplantation.
The purpose of this research study is to better understand the onset and course of graft versus host disease (GVHD)and other immune-mediated disorders after stem cell transplant.
Oro- or nasogastric tube feeding is safe and may be more physiologic than intravenous (IV) fluids in hospitalized infants with acute viral bronchiolitis.
The primary aim of this study is to establish the safety of infusions of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) from related or unrelated Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) identical or HLA mismatched donors in the management of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation.
This is a prospective, multicenter, observational study in participants who completed the 24-week, placebo-controlled MK-0476 Protocol 272 (NCT00076973) study of montelukast in the treatment of respiratory symptoms subsequent to RSV-induced bronchiolitis. The purpose of this study is to better understand the clinical and demographic correlates of asthma and atopic disorders in children (through the age of 6 years) with a history of severe RSV-induced bronchiolitis.
The purpose of this study is planned to investigate whether frequently inhaled hypertonic saline (HS) can relieve symptoms and signs faster than normal saline (NS) and shorten length of stay (LOS) significantly for moderately to severely ill infants with bronchiolitis without apparent adverse effects.
This study has been designed to provide a substantial evidence of acute bronchodilator responsiveness to two sequentially inhaled drugs, a beta2-agonist (i.e., albuterol) and an anticholinergic (i.e., tiotropium bromide), in a group of patients who developed obliterative bronchiolitis after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
This study investigates the role of azithromycin treatment for lymphocytic bronchitis/bronchiolitis after lung transplantation.
The fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (feNO) in expired air is a reliable measure of airway inflammation. Some research experiments have demonstrated stimulation of nitric oxide production in respiratory epithelial cells infected with RSV. The principal aims are to determine if the fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (feNO) is elevated in hospitalized pediatric patients with viral lower respiratory illness and to determine if there is a difference in feNO level between RSV and non-RSV infection. NO may play a role in the association between RSV, airway reactivity, and airway inflammation. This is a prospective, pilot study that will noninvasively measure feNO in children 0-4 years of age admitted to Winthrop University Hospital, as well as controls (children in the same age range without respiratory conditions and who are well enough to perform the test). Hospitalized children will be tested for RSV (enzyme immunoassay (EIA) & DFA) and via direct fluorescent antigen technique (DFA) for influenza A & B, parainfluenza, human metapneumovirus and adenovirus. Method of feNO measurement will utilize the offline options for preschool children & infants appropriate for age as described in the 2005 Joint Statement of the American Thoracic Society & the European Respiratory Society when discussing tidal breathing techniques with uncontrolled flow rate Offline exhaled air can be collected via a mouthpiece or a face mask connected to a non-re-breathing valve that allows inspiration of NO-free air from an NO-inert reservoir to avoid contamination by ambient NO. Exhaled breath samples are collected into an NO-inert bag fitted with the expiratory port once a stable breathing pattern is present. The results of all 3 groups will be compared: control, RSV positive and RSV negative samples.
The investigators hypothesized that oral Dexamethasone in addition to nebulized Salbutamol will improve the Bronchiolitis Clinical Severity Score,duration of treatment in the short stay unit,need for hospitalization and readmissions to the pediatric emergency in a subgroup of patients diagnosed as Bronchiolitis with either eczema and or a parental or sibling history of Asthma. Two groups randomized will be given Nebulized Ventolin plus either oral Dexamethasone or placebo for 5 days. Bronchiolitis severity score plus vital signs will be recorded regularly until patient is fit for discharge. Patients will be discharged on Ventolin inhaler and to complete the five days course of oral Dexamethasone Patients will be followed up for 7 days post discharge by telephone.