Pathophysiology of nocturnal asthma

Philip E Silkoff, MD and Richard J Martin, MD

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 1998;81:378–387. (pdf)

Asthma

Christopher H. Fanta, M.D. Christopher H. Fanta, M.D.

Partners Asthma Center Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School (slides, pdf)

AIRWAY EPITHELIAL COMPRESSION: A STIMULUS FOR AIRWAY REMODELING IN ASTHMA

Daniel J. Tschumperlin, Jonathan D. Shively, Ioanna Kosmidou, Jeffrey M. Drazen - Harvard Medical School

BED-Vol. 50, 2001 Bioengineering Conference - ASME 2001 (pdf)

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Thomas A. Godwin, M.D.
Department of Pathology New York Hospital Queens (1995)

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE LUNG (html, text, images)

THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF SMALL AIRWAY WITH X-RAY MICRO-CT

Toshihiro SERA , Yuji HASEGAWA, Robert. C. Schroter, and Kazuo TANISHITA

BED-Vol. 50, 2001 Bioengineering Conference-ASME 2001 (pdf)

Biochemistry and Genetics of Asthma: Attempts to Resolve an Epidemic

Nina T. Holland

Environmental Health Sciences Division of the University of California, Berkeley (ppt)

Role of nitric oxide in airway remodelling

Esteban C. GABAZZA, Osamu TAGUCHI, Shigenori TAMAKI, Shuichi MURASHIMA, Hiroyasu KOBAYASHI, Hiroki YASUI, Tetsu KOBAYASHI, Osamu HATAJI and Yukihiko ADACHI

Clinical Science (2000) 98, 291–294 (Great Britain) (pdf)

Bronchoscopic Virtual and Real Imaging Tutorials

Eric Hoffman, Ph.D., Joseph Reinhardt, Ph.D., William Higgins, Ph.D.,Janice Cook-Granroth, and Geoffrey McLennan, M.D.

Department of Radiology, University of Iowa (mpeg)

Therapeutic Options for Persistent Asthma (Editorial)

Stephen T. Holgate, MD

JAMA, May 23/30, 2001—Vol 285, No. 20 2637 (pdf)

Asthma

Guidelines for The Diagnosis and Management of Asthma

NAEPP - Panel Expert 2 - NHLBI (ppt)

Asthma: Recent Advances in the Use Of Combination Products

WILLIAM J. CALHOUN, MD

Primary Care Special Edition Volume 6, Number 1 of 2, 2002 (pdf)

Pediatric Asthma - BTS/SIGN slides

Thorax 2003; 58 (suppl I) : i1-i92 (ppt)

Sulla stessa pagina tutt le slides delle linee guida BTS/SIGN

The BTS / SIGN British Guideline on the Management of Asthma

Thorax, February 2003 (Volume 58, Suppl 1) (pdf) 5,3MBytes

Improving Asthma Care For Children in Head Start

Child Health service Research Meeting

June 26, 2003 - Nashville (TN) (slides pdf)

Activation of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 in airway smooth muscle: a potential pathway that modulates bronchial hyper-responsiveness in asthma?

Y Amrani, H Chen and RA Panettieri Jr

University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA

Respir Res 2000, 1:49–53 (pdf)

Impacts of Criteria Air Polluttans on the Respiratory Health of Children

The Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics (ppt)

T cells in Allergy and Asthma

A. J. Frew

Rev. Esp. Alergol Inmunol Clín, Octubre 1998 Vol. 13, Núm. 5, pp. 241-248 (pdf)

Asthma: a Highly Variable Disease

Kiat Ruxrungtham, MD

Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine - Chulalongkorn University (ppt)

Thin-Section CT Evidence of Bronchial Thickening in Children with Stable Asthma: Bronchoconstriction or Airway Remodeling?

Loren Ketai, MD, Cecelia Coutsias, MD, Susan Williamson, MD, Vageli Coutsias, PhD - Acad Radiol 2001; 8:257–264 (pdf)

Asthma pathology 2001 - Symposia

King's College of London

ERS 1998 (slides pdf)

AIRWAY REMODELING IN ASTHMA

Richard J. Martin, MD

Advanced Studies in Medicine 2002;2(7):236-240) (pdf)

Asthma: Review of Pathophysiology and Treatment

The University of Kansas School of Allied Health

Department of Respiratory Care Education

Continuing Care of Patients with Asthma Adults and Children over Five

Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative (pdf)

Immunology of Asthma

Kenneth J. Goodrum, 2000

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (slides pdf)

High Resolution Computed Tomography of the Lung

David M. hansell

e-Book, Elsevier International (pdf)

Pharmacotherapy for Asthma

Respiratory Associates of Texas

(slides pdf)

Difficult therapy/Resistant Asthma

ERS Task Force on Difficult therapy/Resistant Asthma

Eur Resp J 1999;13:1198-1208 (pdf)

NHLBI - EPR II, 1997

Bettina C. Hilman, Professor of Pediatrics

Louisiana State University (ppt)

Allergen-induced impairment of bronchoprotective nitric oxide synthesis in asthma

FLM Ricciardolo,,MC Timmers, P Geppetti, A  van Schadewijk, JJ Brahim,  JK Sont, FM. de Gouw,  PS Hiemstra, J Han JM van Krieken, and PJ. Sterk

J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001;108:198-204 (pdf)

BRONCHOLOGY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES

A. Haye SAEED, M.D. Asthma, Allergy and Bronchoscopy Unit Mideast Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan (slides htm)

Rhinovirus-induced Airway Inflammation in Asthma Effect of Treatment with Inhaled Corticosteroids before and during Experimental Infection

K GRÜNBERG, RAPHAËL F. SHARON, JACOB K. SONT, JOHANNES C. C. M. IN ‘T VEEN, W. ANNEMARIE A. M. VAN SCHADEWIJK, ERIK P. A. DE KLERK, CLAIRE R. DICK, J. HAN J. M. VAN KRIEKEN, and PETER J. STERK

Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 164. pp 1816–1822, 2001 (pdf)

Bronchoscopy in Asthma

Dr. T. Mohan Kumar

2001 - (ppt) 1180kb

Airway Remodeling in Asthma. Do Histological Changes and Functional Changes Correlate?

Phil Lieberman, MD

MEDICAL CROSSFIRE • MAY 2002 • VOL 4 • NO 5 (pdf)

Leukotriene Modifiers in Asthma

Dr. T. Mohan Kumar

2001 - (ppt) 140kb

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma

NAEPP - EXPERT PANEL REPORT 2

NIH PUBLICATION - NO. 97-4051 JULY 1997 (pdf)

Asthma

Auburn University - Pharmacy Department

British Guideline on the management of asthma (2003) - Quick Reference

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (pdf)

Nella stessa pagina full guideline (5,8 MBytes)

What is asthma?

Prof R.K. Kumar (Inflammation Research Unit, Department of Pathology, University of New South Wales) (slides pdf)

Direct effects of interleukin-13 on epithelial cells cause airway hyperreactivity and mucus overproduction in asthma

DA KUPERMAN, X HUANG, LL KOTH, et al

NATURE MEDICINE Published online: 1 July 2002 (pdf)

Assessment and Treatment of Asthma Emergencies

Dr. Sat Sharma, University of Manitoba, Canada (slides htm)

Astma

Dave Plummer

Hennepin County Medical Center (slides htm)

Trends in Asthma Mortality and Hospitalization in Detroit, Michigan, 1990- 1996.

Asthma Conference, Atlanta, GA. Feb 9- 11, 1999.

Facts About Asthma

Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ppt) 204 Kb

Clean and Healthy - Strategies for today's home (Allergy and Asthma)

Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ppt) 24 Mb !!

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma - Security Health Plan of Wisconsin (pdf)

Introducing to Asthma

Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ppt) 1,2 Mb

Measuring Asthma

PublicHealthInformationDevelopmentUnit, AU (pdf)

Pediatric Asthma

Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ppt) 760 Kb

Involontary Exposure - Protecting children from secondhand smoke

Alabama Cooperative Extension System  (ppt) 300 Kb

ERS Nebulizer Guidelines (pdf)

Environmental Health in Childcare Facilities

Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ppt) 170 Kb

ATS: guidelines for the six-minute walk test (march 2002) (pdf)

Healthy Children, Healthy Lungs

Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ppt) 100 Kb

ATS: standardization of Spirometry - 1994 update (pdf)

Air quality - Canyon County, Idaho (ppt)

AAAAI statements:Environmental allergen avoidance in allergic asthma - JACI, Vol. 103, February 1999, pp. 203-5 (htm)

Pediatric Asthma - Todd Parrilla, Weston pediatrics (slides htm)

Worldwide Trends in Asthma Prevalence and Mortality

Medical Disease Management and Health Outcomes (National Pharmaceutical Council, US)  (ppt)

Asthma - Alma Whigham (ppt) 2,7Mb

Asthma: a quest for control - Raja Chatterjee

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem US (ppt)

Asthma Management - TJ Sagers, H Kautzmann, F Fillipelli (slides htm)

What Is Asthma? Univeristy of Texas Medical Branch (slides htm)

Asthma Therapy - TJ Sagers, H Kautzmann, F Fillipelli (slides htm)