Sökning: "asthma attack"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden asthma attack.

  1. 1. Inflammation in asthma: relation to symptomatology, exacerbations and lung function

    Författare :Ida Mogensen; Andrei Malinovschi; Christer Jansson; Mona Bafadhel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Asthma; eosinophil; eosinophil cationic protein; eosinophil derived neurotoxin; periostin; neutrophil; fixed airflow obstruction; lung function; asthma attack; asthma symptom;

    Sammanfattning : Asthma is an inflammatory disease in the airways. It is characterized by respiratory symptoms such as wheezing, variable airflow obstruction and impaired lung function development. A better understanding of the underlying inflammation is crucial in order to treat and prevent asthma symptoms and lung function deterioration. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Skydda och frigöra : en studie av föräldrar till barn med astma och av professionella vårdare

    Författare :Ann-Charlotte Dalheim-Englund; Per-Olof Sandman; Birgit Rasmussen; Britt-Inger Saveman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; parent; asthma; gender; family relations; uncertainty; strategies; professional caregivers; adolescence; phenomenological research; grounded theory; quality of life; Omvårdnad; Nursing; Omvårdnad; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis is, from the point of view of parents of a child with asthma, to describe meanings of being a parent, parents’ quality of life, and to describe how family relations are influenced by their child’s disease. The aim is also to increase the understanding of what strategies professional caregivers use in their work with teenagers suffering from asthma. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The role of nitric oxide in porcine models of asthma and acute lung injury

    Författare :Roelinde Middelveld; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Nitric oxide (NO) is a modulator of many important physiological processes in the body. It is produced endogenously in several cell types by a family of NO synthases (NOS). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Regulation of human eosinophil transmigration across lung epithelium

    Författare :Lixin Liu; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Medical sciences; Eosinophils; regulation; migration; epithelial cells; lung; calcium; CD11b CD18; neutrophils; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Clinical Chemistry; klinisk kemi;

    Sammanfattning : Eosinophil infiltration into the lung tissues and airways is a hallmark of allergic asthma. To reach the lung lumen, eosinophils migrate across the vascular endothelium, through the interstitial matrix and across lung epithelium. LÄS MER