18-21 October, Zurich
EP-1092 | Extended left lobe graft for adult-to-ad.. | Ho Joong Choi .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
EP-1093 | Usefulness of branched-chain amino acids.. | Gun Hyung Na .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OE-1096 | Comparison of Open versus Laparoscopic A.. | Jinju Kim .. | Jinju Kim, MD1, Jai Young Cho,.. | Liver General.. | - - |
EP-1097 | A multicenter retrospective study on the.. | John Contis .. | .. | Liver General.. | - - |
OE-1099 | Inferior-Medial Approach for Laparoscopi.. | Joodong Kim .. | .. | Pancreatic Disease.. | - - |
OE-1100 | Future Remnant Liver Volume ratio less t.. | Joodong Kim .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OP-1101 | Various Retracting techniques for the la.. | Eui Hyuk Chong .. | Kwang Hyun Kim, Incheon Kang, .. | Minimal Invasive Liver Surgery.. | - - |
OP-1103 | Sequential D-HOPE and normothermic machi.. | Paolo Magistri .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OP-1107 | Minimally Invasive vs Open Surgery in th.. | Eugene Leong .. | .. | Minimal Invasive Liver Surgery.. | - - |
OE-1108 | Liver resection involving retrohepatic I.. | Vassil Mihaylov .. | .. | Liver General.. | - - |
EP-1109 | From Palliative to Potentially Curative .. | Eugene Leong .. | Tan Chun Hian Nigel, Ning Qi P.. | Minimal Invasive Liver Surgery.. | - - |
OP-1111 | The Outcomes of Almost all LDLT Pediatri.. | Kamil Yalcin Polat .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OP-1113 | Prognostic Factors Of Survival In Hepato.. | Ela Ekmekcigil .. | Timur KöseBoram LeeJai Young C.. | Minimal Invasive Liver Surgery.. | - - |
OP-1114 | Comparing the outcomes of deceased and l.. | Kamil Yalcin Polat .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OP-1115 | Pancreatic head adenocarcinoma. Impact o.. | Sandra Paterna-Lopez .. | .. | Pancreatic Disease.. | - - |
OE-1117 | Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Elderly .. | Dmytro Osadchuk .. | I. Deykalo, O. Karel.. | Biliary Disease.. | - - |
EP-1120 | Double Cystic Duct Mimic CBD Injury Duri.. | Seunghwan Lee .. | .. | Biliary Disease.. | - - |
EP-1123 | The Effect of Smoking on the Risk of Col.. | Jae Hyun Han .. | .. | Biliary Disease.. | - - |
EP-1126 | Two case trials of neoadjuvant chemoradi.. | Sung Su Yun .. | .. | Pancreatic Disease.. | - - |
OE-1128 | Water Jet System (Erbejet) Vs Cavitron U.. | Carlos Florez-Zorrilla .. | Karina Mendoza-Gallo.. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
Thunderstorm-related asthma in patients sensitised to olea europaea pollen: twenty emergency department visits for asthmatic symptoms in one single day Losappio, Laura1; Heffler, Enrico2; Falco, Antonio1; Contento, Francesco1; Cannito, Cosimo1; Rolla, Giovanni2 1"Dimiccoli" Hospital, Emergency Department, Barletta, Italy; 2University of Torino - AO Mauriziano "Umberto I", Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Torino, Italy
Background: Associations between thunderstorm and asthma morbidity have been reported in several countries. Common to all epidemics of thunderstorm-related asthma is a significant increase in atmospheric allergen load during and immediately after a thunderstorm. Sensitization to Alternaria species or to grass and parietaria pollens has been suggested to play a key role in thunderstorm-related asthma. The only reported event of thunderstorm-related asthma in Mediterranean area was attributed to sensitization to parietaria pollen.
Method: here we describe a series of 20 patients who presented to Emergency Department in Barletta (94,000 inhabitants), Puglia (Italy) for sudden and severe asthmatic symptoms between May 27th and 28th 2010 (from15:36 to 5:02), immediately after a violent thunderstorm which occurred following a very hot morning (mean temperature: 29°C). All the patients have been subsequently visited by an allergist and underwent allergological work-up which included skin prick tests and a careful clinical history. Local pollen counts were available.
Result: Between May 10th and June 10th 2010, 86 Emergency Department asthma visits were recorded, 20 of them during the study day. Patients' mean age was 44.25 +/- 18.5 years (range: 9-81), 8/20 females, 2 smokers, 16 with a previous history of known respiratory allergy. Only two patients regularly took anti-asthma drugs. All 20 patients were sensitized to Olea europaea pollen, 7 of whom were monosensitized. Ten patients were sensitized to grass, 7 to parietaria, 5 to compositae, 5 to cypress, 5 to house dust mites, 3 to dog and 1 to cat danders. No patient was sensitized to Alternaria. Mean pollen count was 17 granules/m3 for Olea europaea, 6 granules/m3 for grass pollen.
Conclusion: This is, in our knowledge, the second epidemic of thunderstorm related asthma described in Mediterranean area and the first one in which sensitization to Olea europaea played a key-role. In conclusion, our report indicates that thunderstorm asthma may involve different allergens (not only fungal spores and grass or parietaria pollen) in different geographic areas, depending on the seasonality of thunderstorms and allergenic pollen.