Publications by authors named "S Hofmaier"
Article Synopsis
- A study analyzed dietary patterns across nine European countries to see how they relate to asthma and allergic symptoms, using a food frequency questionnaire and respiratory symptom assessments from over 3,200 participants aged 15-77.
- Two main dietary patterns were identified: one high in animal proteins and carbohydrates, and the other rich in fruits and vegetables.
- The results indicated that the diet high in animal proteins and carbohydrates was linked to worse asthma outcomes, including higher asthma scores, greater prevalence of current asthma, wheezing, atopic status, and reduced lung function.
The original article [1] contained a typesetting error in Table 5; this has now been corrected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The impact of proper aspiration of nasal secretions during upper respiratory infection on the frequency and severity of symptoms of lower airways has never been investigated. The study was aimed at testing if cleaning the nasal cavities of children with recurrent wheezing using an automatic nasal aspirator improves the upper and lower respiratory symptoms during the cold season.
Methods: Parents of wheezing children (age 3-72 mo.
Background: Upper and lower airways diseases share in part their pathogenic mechanisms and frequently occur simultaneously as "United Airway Disease." Local treatment with nebulizers delivers anti-symptomatic drugs in either the upper or the lower airways, according to the particle size generated by the nebulizer. To our knowledge, no nebulizer combines both application ways.
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