Does passive smoke exposure trigger acute asthma attack in children?

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 318-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Karadag ◽  
F Karakoç ◽  
O Ceran ◽  
R Ersu ◽  
S Inan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Asthma ◽  
Smoke Exposure ◽  
Asthma Attack ◽  
Passive Smoke

Does passive smoke exposure trigger acute asthma attack in children?

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 318-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Karadag ◽  
F. Karakoç ◽  
O. Ceran ◽  
R. Ersu ◽  
S. Inan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Asthma ◽  
Smoke Exposure ◽  
Asthma Attack ◽  
Passive Smoke

Attitudes and Perceptions Related to Smoking among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in a Low-Income, Multiethnic Setting

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline L. Dunn ◽  
Phyllis L. Pirie ◽  
Harry A. Lando
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
White Women ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Smoke Exposure ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Smoking During Pregnancy ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
Passive Smoke ◽  
Local Residents

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into attitudes and perceptions about smoking during pregnancy, passive smoke exposure, barriers to quitting, and program preferences among women in a low-income, ethnically diverse setting. Design. Nine focus group discussions were conducted with African-American, Native American, and white women. Discussions were moderated by local residents who shared the same ethnic background as group participants. Setting. Discussions were held in neighborhood centers and clinics in an urban area. Subjects. A total of 57 women participated. Moderators recruited participants from within their social networks and from neighborhood programs. The informal process of recruitment did not allow calculation of response rates. Measures. A series of open-ended questions with selected probes was used to guide the conversation. Results. Participants were aware that smoking during pregnancy is harmful and were concerned to varying degrees about their smoking behavior. Most women who smoked took active steps to reduce the risks. Actions were frequently accompanied by beliefs that rationalized moderate levels of smoking. While concerned, women were uncertain about what constituted harmful, passive smoke exposure. Personal barriers to quitting included being around others who smoked, feelings of stress and boredom, addiction, and not believing smoking is dangerous enough. Participants tended to value pregnancy-related advice from female friends and relatives over advice from professionals. Conclusions. Results suggest that many women respond to warnings about smoking during pregnancy, but actions are not necessarily measured, in quit rates. Misconceptions about the risks may help to rationalize continued smoking. Subjects lacked knowledge about how best to reduce the risks of passive smoke. Educational efforts may be effective when directed at networks of women who share information. The nature of qualitative data collection prevents extrapolation of these results to a larger population.

Do the residents in the emergency department appropriately manage patients with acute asthma attack? A study of self-criticism

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 348-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebahat Akoglu ◽  
Hakan Topacoglu ◽  
Ozgur Karcioglu ◽  
Arif Hikmet Cimrin
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Acute Asthma ◽  
Asthma Attack

Recognising and managing an acute asthma attack

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Richard Elston
Keyword(s):  
Acute Asthma ◽  
Asthma Attack ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Inhaled Salbutamol

Asthma is a potentially life-threatening condition, characterised by a reversible narrowing of the airways. It affects 1 in 10 children in the UK. During exacerbations, it is difficult for the child to breathe and get enough oxygen into their blood. There is a huge variance in the severity of an attack. Some can be managed in the community while others are potentially fatal and need urgent transfer to hospital. For that reason, criteria have been created to categorise attacks as mild, moderate, severe or life threatening. Initially, an asthma attack should be treated using inhaled salbutamol; however, if the patient does not respond or has severe or life-threatening asthma, they need urgent transfer to hospital.

Abstract 15431: Childhood Passive Smoke Exposure is Associated With Subclinical Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Adulthood - Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chigozie Ezegbe ◽  
Costan Magnussen ◽  
Marie-Jeanne BUSCOT ◽  
Thomas H Marwick ◽  
Terence Dwyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Function ◽  
Left Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Passive Smoking ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Smoke Exposure ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Cardiovascular Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Passive Smoke

Introduction: Prolonged childhood passive smoke exposure may affect adult cardiovascular health but there are few studies of cardiac function. Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction detected by global longitudinal strain (GLS) is predictive of the subsequent development of heart failure. We investigated the association of passive smoke exposure during childhood with GLS in adults. Methods: Data were from the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) study 34-year follow-up (2014-19). Three measures of passive smoking (severity of exposure index [SEI], cumulative years of exposure [CYE], total household smokers [THS]) were derived retrospectively from a validated questionnaire. GLS was measured in clinics using a Siemens Acuson SC2000 ultrasound machine and 4V1c transducer with speckle tracking analysis. Linear regression adjusted for confounding factors (age, gender, childhood socioeconomic position, childhood smoking, adult smoking status, parental education level) examined the association between childhood passive smoke exposure and GLS in adulthood. Results: Among 781 participants (mean age 45.2 ± 2.5 SD years, 52.6% females, 54.2% exposed to passive smoking), GLS showed a decrease (β adjusted -0.17% 95% CI -0.32%, -0.02%) per SD of SEI (range: 0-318, mean 24.2 ± 35.8 SD). CYE (range: 0-106, mean 10.4 ± 13.9 SD) was associated with a decrease in GLS (β adjusted -0.18% 95% CI -0.33%, -0.05%) per SD of exposure. For each THS in childhood (range: 0-5, mean 0.9 ± 1.0 SD), there was a decrease in GLS (β adjusted -0.20% 95% CI -0.36%, -0.05%). Conclusion: Childhood passive smoke exposure, independent of own smoking, was associated with a reduction in GLS, a measure of subclinical cardiac dysfunction. Each 1% decrease in GLS has been associated with 12% higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in low-risk general population. There are potential long-term consequences to cardiac function from childhood passive smoke exposure.

The effects of short-term passive smoke exposure on endothelium-dependent and independent vasodilation

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 1395-1401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiko Kato ◽  
Philip Roberts-Thomson ◽  
Bradley G. Phillips ◽  
Krzysztof Narkiewicz ◽  
William G. Haynes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoke Exposure ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Passive Smoke

Effective pulmonary blood flow in children with acute asthma attack requiring hospitalization

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 370-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panayiotis K. Yiallouros ◽  
Anthony D. Milner
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Pulmonary Blood Flow ◽  
Acute Asthma ◽  
Asthma Attack
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