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Positive psychotherapy (PPT) is a therapeutic approach developed by Nossrat Peseschkian during the 1970s and 1980s. [2] [3] [4] Initially known as "differentiational analysis", it was later renamed as positive psychotherapy when Peseschkian published his work in 1977, which was subsequently translated into English in 1987.
Advocates of the Buteyko method claim that it can alleviate symptoms and reliance on medication for patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and chronic hyperventilation. The medical community questions these claims, given limited and inadequate evidence supporting the theory and efficacy of the method. [1] [2]
A case presentation is a formal communication between health care professionals such as doctors and nurses regarding a patient's clinical information. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Essential parts of a case presentation include:
Patient Education and Counseling is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering patient education and health communication, especially counseling. It was established in 1979 as Patient Counselling and Health Education , obtaining its current name in 1983.
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]
The Academy is dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge and practice of allergy, asthma and immunology for optimal patient care. Most members of the AAAAI are board-certified allergist/immunologists. [2] A select group of the membership are elected as Fellows and carry the title FAAAAI. [3]
The mechanisms behind allergic asthma—i.e., asthma resulting from an immune response to inhaled allergens—are the best understood of the causal factors. In both people with asthma and people who are free of the disease, inhaled allergens that find their way to the inner airways are ingested by a type of cell known as antigen-presenting ...
Asthma phenotyping and endotyping has emerged as a novel approach to asthma classification inspired by precision medicine which separates the clinical presentations of asthma, or asthma phenotypes, from their underlying causes, or asthma endotypes. The best-supported endotypic distinction is the type 2-high/type 2-low distinction.