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General Objective: To determine the frequency of COVID-19 in pregnant and postpartum women admitted with flu syndrome, to evaluate the clinical and laboratory predictors of COVID-19 progression and to identify the factors associated with adverse maternal and perinatal / neonatal outcomes in six
This study will be a unblinded, pragmatic, pilot, randomised, controlled trial of the Counterweight Plus programme versus usual care in individuals with difficult asthma associated with obesity. Eligible individuals will be identified through Difficult Asthma Clinics or ward admissions. Those
The study aims to evaluate what is the frequency and severity of respiratory tract symptoms following the use of high flow nasal humidified oxygen? Participants will be from 2 sub groups:
1. Patients already undergoing TOE (as this is the most common and consistent group who have optiflow- about 4-5
Eligible individuals will be identified through Difficult Asthma Clinics or ward admissions. Those wishing to participate will receive an information sheet and be invited to provide written informed consent prior to commencing the study.
Baseline Visit
Measurements taken at the baseline visit will
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and asthma are both inflammatory airway diseases. A systematic review regarding sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in asthmatic children analyzed 17 studies but only two of them had objective OSA measurement. In total, 45,115 children were included, 53% boys, mean age 8.6
The PreventADALL study is a long term prospective birth cohort study, with an intervention aspect designed as a randomized clinical trial (RCT), and an exploratory aspect, enrolling mother-child pairs by including pregnant women, allowing for intrauterine investigations of the baby and maternal
1.0 Background
While atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia requiring therapy, it is also associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, dementia, and death. The number of Americans affected with AF is expected to surge to nearly 16
This proposal focuses on a clinical proof of concept study to evaluate a novel hypothesis. We propose that overnutrition, leading to obesity, represents a state of excessive energy storage promoted by insulin. The stress of excessive energy storage initiates a set of homeostatic responses that
There are many publications indexed by Medline dealing with pomegranate and Punica granatum and there is interest in pomegranate as a medicinal and nutritional product.
The pomegranate tree, Punica granatum, especially its fruit, possesses a vast ethnomedical history and represents a phytochemical
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and asthma are both common disorders in Hong Kong, with prevalence of at least 4% among the middle-aged male Hong Kong (HK) Chinese populations and 7.2% in young adults respectively. OSAS is characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction,
Questionnaires on respiratory symptoms, health care use, quality of life, medication and asthma control will be administered and a thoracic examination performed.
Spirometry and bronchodilator response, blood tests for inflammatory parameters, pH measurements in exhaled air condensate and sputum