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Analysis of the positivity rate in IgE positive patients to food allergens in Verona hospital laboratory during 2003
No full textBackground: It has been known for some time now that reactions to allergens, not only those inhaled but also those in food, varies with age in atopical patients. Objective: To evaluate the specific IgE positivity percentage in order to improve laboratory diagnosis in subjects with suspected food allergy. Methods: The positivity percentages of specific IgE were analysed (UniCAPIOO-Pharmacia) taking into consideration the two age brackets of below and above 12 years. The below 12 years age bracket was then further divided into pre-school age (3-5 years) and school age (6-12 years). Results: By measuring the simple positivity percentage for specific IgE to food allergens, there is a clear decrease as the child matures in reactions to milk and eggs and an increase towards food IgEs that cross-react with grass and tree pollens or other inhaled allergens like moulds and mites. Conclusion: It will be necessary in the future to have the diagnostic means to identify this cross-reaction problem by using recombinant allergens that can demonstrate the combined reaction between inhaled and food allergens
Impatto socio-sanitario e livello del controllo delle patologie respiratorie croniche ostruttive e della rinite in Italia
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Are physicians aware of the side effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors?: a questionnaire survey in different medical categories.
No full textChest. 2005 Aug;128(2):976-9.
Are physicians aware of the side effects of
angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors?: a
questionnaire survey in different medical
categories.
Lombardi C, Crivellaro M, Dama A, Senna G, Gargioni S, Passalacqua G.
Source
Allergy-Pulmonology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, S. Orsola FBF Hospital, Brescia.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE:
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-I) are considered safe, but they are associated with characteristic side
effects, namely cough and angioedema, usually requiring discontinuation. We perceived that referrals for these side
effects have become more and more frequent; therefore, we evaluated the degree of knowledge on the safety of ACE-I
in different medical categories.
DESIGN:
A questionnaire (13 questions) on side effects of ACE-I was posted to physicians.
SETTING:
Everyday clinical practice.
PARTICIPANTS:
Cardiologists, allergists, and general practitioners (GPs) from the National Healthcare System.
MEASUREMENT AND RESULTS:
Three hundred twelve physicians were contacted, and 154 returned questionnaires that could be analyzed. Of the 154
physicians (mean age, 45 years) 48 were cardiologists, 52 were GPs, and 54 were allergists. The percentage of correct
answers was low: 31.9% for cardiologists, 40% for GPs, and 33% for allergists. Thus, GPs provided a significantly
higher percentage of correct answers with respect to the remaining categories (p = 0.05). The lower rate of correct
answers (0 to 15.9%) concerned the time of onset of cough and the action to take. Cardiologists seemed to be less aware
of the fact that angiotensin receptor blockers (sartans) can cross-react with ACE-I.
CONCLUSION:
Overall, there was a poor knowledge of the side effects of ACE-I. This may account for the increased referrals for
chronic cough and angioedema
Risk of severe anaphylaxis for patients with Hymenoptera venom allergy: Are angiotensin-receptor blockers comparable to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors?
No full textDermatological powder as hidden cause of occupational allergy due to casein: a case report.
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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