Publications by authors named "Nuria Diez Monge"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate how well spirometry and respiratory oscillometry (RO) predict severe asthma exacerbations (SAEs) in children aged 6-14 years.
- After assessing 148 asthmatic children, results indicated that spirometry, particularly forced expiratory flow, was more effective than RO in predicting SAEs over a 12-week follow-up.
- The findings highlighted that children with different asthma phenotypes showed varying rates of SAEs, with the air trapping phenotype having the highest SAE occurrence.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate how feasible respiratory oscillometry (RO) is for asthma diagnosis in schoolchildren and its agreement with spirometry results.
- Both tests were conducted on 154 children aged 6 to 14, assessing factors like test validity, execution time, and difficulty.
- While RO needed fewer attempts and less time than spirometry, their results showed low concordance, raising questions about RO's reliability as a standalone diagnostic tool.
Article Synopsis
- - The study explored the link between socioeconomic inequality (SEI) and asthma control in children, focusing on their caregivers' quality of life in Castilla y León, Spain.
- - Researchers used data from health records and surveys to analyze the effects of SEI based on poverty rates and parental education on asthma control and healthcare quality in children aged 6-14.
- - Findings revealed no significant connection between local SEI and asthma control, but indicated that higher parental education levels were linked to fewer urgent medical visits and better asthma management.