Publications by authors named "Teresa Genover"
Introduction: The identification of asthma exacerbations (AE) seen in emergency departments and in the home is proposed as a parameter of asthma control and for monitoring environmental triggers.
Patients And Methods: All AEs seen in 2005 and 2011 in the reference hospital of the region and in the patients' homes by the Emergency Medical Services were identified.
Results: The incidence of AE was 1.
Article Synopsis
- Asthma management is often inadequate, and this study aimed to enhance asthma control while reducing healthcare needs and absenteeism from work.
- A multicenter randomized controlled trial compared an intervention group that received a brief educational session with a control group following standard treatment guidelines, assessing their outcomes at 3 and 6 months.
- Results showed the intervention group had significantly better asthma education, fewer urgent and scheduled doctor visits, and reduced work absenteeism compared to the control group.
Introduction: A study has been made on the incidence and clinical characteristics of asthma exacerbations (AE) seen in hospital emergency departments (HED) and domiciliary services (DS) in Barcelona.
Patients And Methods: AEs were identified over a 56 day period during the months of October and November 2003 and the patients seen in university hospitals were interviewed.
Results: A total of 262 AE were identified, 188 in hospital emergency departments and 82 in domiciliary, which was a mean of 4.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and clinical characteristics of asthma exacerbations seen by emergency services in Barcelona, Spain (the ASMAB-I study).
Patients And Methods: The emergency services considered in the study served a population of 1 203 598 inhabitants aged over 14 years. Episodes treated in hospital emergency departments and by emergency services called to patients' homes over a period of 129 days were included in the study.
Objective: Poor control of asthma treated in outpatient settings has been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to perform a short intervention, readily replicable in everyday practice, to try to improve control of the disease.
Patients And Methods: Two primary health care clinics made appointments with asthma patients to administer a questionnaire and adapt their treatment to the guidelines of the Global Initiative for Asthma.
Background: Asthma attacks and mortality due to inhalation of soybean antigens in Barcelona have been well documented. Strict protective measures in the unloading process were established in 1998 to avoid the release of soybean dust into the atmosphere. The present study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of these latest environmental measures, and, if effective, to recommend their implementation in the many harbours where soybean is unloaded.
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