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The CCS grading system for angina is, in part, used to evaluate fitness to fly by the British Cardiovascular Society.They recommend no action by class I and II patients with stable angina, class III should consider mobility assistance from airport staff and in-flight supplemental oxygen therapy, and that class IV patients should ideally defer their travel plans or travel with a medical ...
Also, for infants in the high-risk category, clinicians should consider admission to the hospital for extended observation, depending on the benefits and risk of the case. [4] The course of the admission provides an opportunity to witness a second event to better characterize it and narrow the list of possible diagnoses.
Provide care for infants who are feeding and growing stronger or convalescing after intensive care; Provide mechanical ventilation for a brief duration (<24 h) or continuous positive airway pressure; Stabilize infants born before 32-week gestation and weighing less than 1500 g until transfer to a neonatal intensive-care facility
The strongest risk factor for developing asthma is a history of atopic disease; [66] with asthma occurring at a much greater rate in those who have either eczema or hay fever. [80] Asthma has been associated with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly known as Churg–Strauss syndrome), an autoimmune disease and vasculitis . [ 81 ]
Cardiac asthma is the medical condition of intermittent wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath that is associated with underlying congestive heart failure (CHF). [1] Symptoms of cardiac asthma are related to the heart's inability to effectively and efficiently pump blood in a CHF patient. [ 2 ]
GINA conducts continuous review of scientific publications on asthma and is a leader in disseminating information about the care of patients with asthma. [2] GINA publishes resources such as evidence-based guidelines for asthma management, and runs special events such as World Asthma Day. GINA's guidelines, revised each year, are used by ...
Estimates of between 0.5 and 3.5% have been made for ABPA burden in asthma, [32] [33] and 1–17.7% in CF. [32] [34] Five national cohorts, detecting ABPA prevalence in asthma (based on GINA estimates), [35] were used in a recent meta-analysis to produce an estimate of the global burden of ABPA complicating asthma. From 193 million people with ...
Data indicated that women were at a higher risk of developing asthma when exposed to pollutants before conception and during pregnancy. [36] In particular, "an increase of 30 parts per billion (ppb) in nitrogen oxide exposure in the three months prior to pregnancy increased preterm birth risk by nearly 30 percent for women with asthma, compared ...