Publications by authors named "S Remes"
Background: Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and asthma are frequently present in children with food allergy. We assessed BHR in children receiving oral immunotherapy (OIT) for persistent egg or peanut allergy and examined whether OIT affects asthma control.
Methods: Methacholine challenge testing was performed in 89 children with persistent egg or peanut allergy diagnosed by double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge and 80 control children without food allergy.
Article Synopsis
- Scientists are looking at how immunotherapy might help prevent asthma in kids and decided to check old study results about allergies and breathing problems in children.
- In a 1994 study in Finland, they tested 247 children, some with breathing issues and others who were healthy, to see how allergies affected their lung function.
- They found that kids with allergies showed more bronchial hyperresponsiveness (which means their airways reacted more) than those without symptoms, but it didn’t change breathing tests for those who were healthy.
Impulse oscillometry and free-running tests for diagnosing asthma and monitoring lung function in young children.
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
September 2021
Background: Separating individuals with viral-induced wheezing from those with asthma is challenging, and there are no guidelines for children under 6 years of age. Impulse oscillometry, however, is feasible in 4-year-old children.
Objective: To explore the use of impulse oscillometry in diagnosing and monitoring asthma in young children and evaluating treatment response to inhaled corticosteroid (ICS).
Eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation test decreases exhaled nitric oxide level in children.
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging
January 2021
Background: Exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) measurements and eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation (EVH) tests have been used as diagnostic tools for asthma. Data on the impact of hyperventilation on the level of FeNO are limited.
Aim: We aimed to evaluate whether EVH tests affect the level of FeNO in children aged 10-16 years.