The Effect of Active and Passive Household Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Pregnant Women With Asthma

TL;DR: Recent evidence on the harmful effects of smoking in asthma, possible underlying inflammatory mechanisms for this altered response, management options for these patients and potential future therapeutic directions are examined.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of acute asthma during pregnancy on the course of pregnancy or delivery, or the health of the newborn infant, and to identify undertreatment as a possible cause of the exacerbations was investigated.

TL;DR: Insufficient regular anti-asthmatic treatment resulting in optimal asthma control represents a vital need during pregnancy, and immunological changes characterizing pregnancy in asthmatic women are summarized.

TL;DR: The prevalence of Ets is still high in this community, although there has been a decreasing tendency in the last 15 years, and ETS is associated with higher prevalence of asthma.

TL;DR: To determine a standard for infants delivered at about sea level the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles of fetal weight for each menstrual week of gestation were calculated from 430 fetuses at 8 to 20 menstrual weeks' gestation aborted with prostaglandins.

TL;DR: This paper performed a small area analysis of asthma hospitalization rates in Boston, to determine whether this pattern was also obtained in a medium-sized city and to identify characteristics of neighborhoods with high hospitalization rate, including the relative use of inhaled anti-inflammatory medication Zip codes were used to define 22 small areas within Boston.

TL;DR: The prevalence of asthma during pregnancy in the United States may be higher than previously estimated and appears to be continuing to increase.

TL;DR: The National Asthma Education Program Working Group on Asthma and Pregnancy classification of asthma severity, adapted to include medication use, predicts subsequent asthma morbidity during pregnancy.