Determinants of quality of life in children with asthma.

Background: HRQoL in children with asthma depends on multiple factors, among which asthma severity and level of control are believed to play a vital role. The determinants of the connection between asthma severity and asthma control with quality of life remain unclear.

Aims: Primary aim of the study was to evaluate the HRQoL in children with asthma and to determine the factors that affect it.

Level of parent-asthmatic child agreement on health-related quality of life.

Background: Direct assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQοL) is necessary to understand the impact of a disease on patients' well-being and to evaluate clinical interventions. There is substantial debate in the literature on pediatric health outcomes concerning who is the most appropriate respondent when assessing children's HRQoL.

Objective: To evaluate the level of agreement between child self-reports and parent proxy-reports concerning HRQoL in children with asthma.

Aspergillus and the paediatric lung.

Aspergillus spp produce a wide range of saprophytic and invasive syndromes in the lungs, including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), aspergilloma and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). ABPA results from hypersensitivity to the fungus, and mainly affects patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis (CF). The treatment of choice consists of systemic corticosteroids and itraconazole.

Cough affects quality of life in asthmatic children aged 8-14 more than other asthma symptoms.

Background: Asthma may influence children's health-related quality of life (QoL) differently by various symptoms, at different severity. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the QoL in children with asthma and describe the impact of each asthma symptom on the child's well-being at different severity levels.

Material And Methods: Two hundred randomly selected children and one of their parents who consulted an outpatient asthma clinic, participated in the study.

Atypical CT findings of isolated pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a 4-year-old boy.

A 4-year old boy was admitted to hospital with progressive respiratory failure. A chest roentgenogram revealed hyperinflated lungs and a diffuse reticular pattern. There was no smoking history in the family environment.