18-21 October, Zurich
EP-1129 | The experience of management for biliary.. | Minjae Kim .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OE-1132 | Venous Resection With Peritoneal Patch R.. | Nikola Vladov .. | .. | Pancreatic Disease.. | - - |
EP-1133 | Bleomycin And Lipiodol (Blip-TAE) Emboli.. | Rubina Palumbo .. | .. | Liver General.. | - - |
EP-1134 | Pathological Complete Remission with lon.. | Hyoung Joo Kim .. | .. | Liver General.. | - - |
EP-1135 | Pancretic Fistula After Pancreatic-Jejun.. | Rubina Palumbo .. | .. | Pancreatic Disease.. | - - |
EP-1136 | FATE OF REMAIND FLOATING BILE DUCT TUMOR.. | Hyoung Joo Kim .. | .. | Liver General.. | - - |
OP-1141 | Pure Abdominal Approach in Laparoscopic .. | Ivelin Takorov .. | Stefan Simeonovski, Tsonka Luk.. | Liver General.. | - - |
EP-1142 | Laparoscopic Liver Resections 5-year Exp.. | Ivelin Takorov .. | Stefan Simeonovski, Tsonka Luk.. | Liver General.. | - - |
OP-1143 | Hepatic Rupture In Hereditary Lysozyme A.. | Luca Del Prete .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OP-1144 | Bi-centric comparison of full robotic ve.. | Cristiano Guidetti .. | P. Muller2, P. Magistri1, J.P... | Minimal Invasive Liver Surgery.. | - - |
OE-1145 | Feasibility and Strategies of Elective L.. | Karina Mendoza-Gallo .. | CARLOS FLOREZ-ZORRILLA.. | Liver General.. | - - |
OE-1149 | Is thrombosis of Portal vein a problem f.. | Kakhaber Kashibade .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OP-1151 | Risk Stratification Of Patients Undergoi.. | Teresa Diago-Uso .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OP-1154 | Intracardiac Thrombosis During Liver Tra.. | Luca Del Prete .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OE-1156 | Associating liver partition and portal v.. | Kin Pan Au .. | Albert Chi Yan Chan.. | Minimal Invasive Liver Surgery.. | - - |
EP-1160 | Retrospective application and validation.. | Mohamed Ghali .. | , , mortality, TG18 and Tokyo .. | Biliary Disease.. | - - |
OP-1162 | Impact of microscopic portal vein invasi.. | Takashi Kokudo .. | .. | Liver General.. | - - |
EP-1163 | Liver Injuries: Difficulties Of Making T.. | Yuliya Murunova .. | V.Darvin, S.Onischenko.. | Liver General.. | - - |
OP-1178 | Surgical Outcomes And Clinicopathologica.. | Hiroaki Sugita .. | Shinichi Nakanuma, Tomokazu To.. | Liver General.. | - - |
OP-1179 | Hepatobiliary And Pancreatic Ascariasis-.. | Ranendra Hajong .. | .. | Biliary Disease.. | - - |
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.