American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Jan 2017
Multicenter StudyMortality due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Burden and Risk Factors.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most frequent cause of hospitalization and an important cause of death in infants in the developing world. The relative contribution of social, biologic, and clinical risk factors to RSV mortality in low-income regions is unclear. ⋯ RSV was the most frequent cause of mortality in low-income postneonatal infants. RF and death due to RSV LRTI, almost exclusively associated with prematurity and cardiopulmonary diseases in industrialized countries, primarily affect term infants in a developing world environment. Poor outcomes at hospitals are frequent and associated with the cooccurrence of bacterial sepsis and clinically significant pneumothoraxes.
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Jan 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialThe Role of Exercise in a Weight-loss Program on Clinical Control in Obese Adults with Asthma: a RCT.
Clinical control is difficult to achieve in obese patients with asthma. Bariatric surgery has been recommended for weight loss and to improve asthma control; however, the benefits of nonsurgical interventions have been poorly investigated. ⋯ Adding exercise to a short-term weight-loss program should be considered as a useful strategy for achieving clinical control of asthma in obese patients. Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT 02188940).