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The impact of Covid 19 pandemic on the e.. | Khadija ben Salem .. | L.Ferchichi1, W.Barbaria1, B.F.. | Epidemiology and outcomes.. | - - |
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Double sequential external defibrillatio.. | Katzenschlager Stephan .. | .. | Advanced Life Support (including manual .. | - - |
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Acute Carbon monoxide poisoning managed .. | Hela Ben Turkia .. | Amira Bakir, Firas Chabaane, H.. | Special circumstances (includes trauma, .. | - - |
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Characteristics, in-hospital and long-te.. | Aneta Aleksova .. | A. L. FLUCA,M. JANJUSEVIC,A. P.. | Epidemiology and outcomes.. | - - |
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Myocardial Perforation by Pacemaker Lead.. | Bence Bogár .. | Bence Bogár, Dániel Pet&337;, .. | Special circumstances (includes trauma, .. | - - |
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Prognostic accuracy of prehospital oxyge.. | Erik Alonso .. | .. | Post resuscitation care (including progn.. | - - |
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Neurological Outcome of Patients after S.. | Peter Radsel .. | .. | Epidemiology and outcomes.. | - - |
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Accuracy of Primary Rhythm Recognition b.. | Paula Mäki .. | Valtteri Järvenpää, Heini Huht.. | Resuscitation Systems (including dispatc.. | - - |
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Prehospital lactate to predict survival .. | Erik Alonso .. | .. | Epidemiology and outcomes.. | - - |
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Management and Survival of Prolonged In-.. | George Kipourgos .. | Angelikh Gkotsi, Anastasios Tz.. | Advanced Life Support (including manual .. | - - |
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Prehospital analytical biomarkers for pr.. | Erik Alonso .. | .. | New technology.. | - - |
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Virtual Reality: An Interactive Immersiv.. | Ana Belén Ocampo Cervantes .. | Manuel Pardo Ríos, María Belén.. | Education and Implementation (including .. | - - |
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Facilitating access to CPR training in h.. | Yin-Ling Lin .. | D. Howe, E. Kahlifa, Y. Mustaf.. | Education and Implementation (including .. | - - |
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Care for relatives in relation to unsucc.. | Alexander Kristensen .. | .. | Post resuscitation care (including progn.. | - - |
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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.