Outcomes of young children hospitalized with acute wheezing.

Background: Wheezing in preschool children is a common symptom.

Objective: The study aimed to determine an incidence of recurrent wheezing among young children who had been hospitalized with acute wheezing after 12 months. Factors associated with recurrent wheezing were explored.

Prevalence and risk factors of allergic rhinitis in children in Bangkok area.

Background: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a disease with a high global disease burden and significant morbidity and expense. Risk factors are not well understood.

Objective: The objective of our project is to study the prevalence and risk factors of AR in children living in the Bangkok area.

Prevalence and severity of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema in children from the Bangkok area: The Global Asthma Network (GAN) Phase I.

Background: As noted in the reports of ISAAC phase I and III, allergic diseases are very common in Thailand, especially among younger children.

Objective: The objectives of this project are to study the prevalence and severity of the most common allergic diseases. i.

The natural history of atopic dermatitis and its association with Atopic March.

Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the first manifestation of Atopic March. The natural history of AD and predictive factors for Atopic March have not been widely studied in Asia.

Objective: To study the natural history and associated factors of disease remission and risk of respiratory allergy in Thai children with AD.

Economic Burden of Hospitalization with Acute Wheezing in Preschool Children: A Multi-Center Study.

Background: Wheezing is an important health problem in Thailand especially among preschool age.

Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate costs of wheezing for hospitalization in preschool children under patient, provider, and societal perspectives.

Material And Method: Two hundred and thirty-four participants who were admitted with acute wheezing at 4 hospitals including Thammasat University Hospital, Saraburi Hospital, Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital during July 2014 to June 2015 were included in the present study.

Microbial translocation induces persistent macrophage activation unrelated to HIV-1 levels or T-cell activation following therapy.

Objective: HIV-1 replication and microbial translocation occur concomitant with systemic immune activation. This study delineates mechanisms of immune activation and CD4 T-cell decline in pediatric HIV-1 infection.

Design: Cross-sectional and longitudinal cellular and soluble plasma markers for inflammation were evaluated in 14 healthy and 33 perinatally HIV-1-infected pediatric study volunteers prior to and over 96 weeks of protease-inhibitor-containing combination antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Pest and allergen exposure and abatement in inner-city asthma: a work group report of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Indoor Allergy/Air Pollution Committee.

Our work group report details the importance of pest allergen exposure in inner-city asthma. We will focus specifically on mouse and cockroach exposure. We will discuss how exposure to these pests is common in the inner city and what conditions exist in urban areas that might lead to increased exposure.

Anaphylaxis in an emergency department: a 2-year study in a tertiary-care hospital.

The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of anaphylaxis in the emergency department of a tertiary-care hospital, describe the clinical features and the management of the patients and determine those with mild manifestations. A retrospective study was conducted from 2005 to 2006 using anaphylaxis-related ICD-10 terms. Two different sets of criteria for the diagnosis of anaphylaxis were applied, first the criteria previously accepted by emergency practice, followed by the recent criteria set forth at the 2005 international meeting.

Chronic rhinosinusitis and recurrent nasal polyps in two children with IgG subclass deficiency and review of the literature.

Unlabelled: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of mucosa of the nose and the paranasal sinuses. Two major forms of CRS can be differentiated; CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and CRS without nasal polyps (CRSsNP). The pathophysiology and etiology of nasal polyps (NPs) are partly understood.