10-14 April 2019 Vienna
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SAT-140 | The natural history of stages 2 and 3 ac.. | Florence Wong .. | Florence Wong, Rajender Reddy,.. | Cirrhosis and complications.. | - - |
FRI-140 | Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13-mediat.. | Yongyin Li .. | Yongyin Li, Libo Tang, Chengco.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
SAT-141 | The diagnosis of hepatorenal syndrome: H.. | Florence Wong .. | Florence Wong, Stephen Pappas,.. | Cirrhosis and complications.. | - - |
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FRI-141 | Rapid decrease in titer and breath of ne.. | Isidoro Martínez .. | Lorena Vigón, Sonia Vázquez-M.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
SAT-142 | Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma an.. | Vincent Wai-Sun Wong .. | Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Terry CF.. | Cirrhosis and complications.. | - - |
THU-142 | Sofosbuvir velpatasvir voxilaprevir in.. | Christophe Hezode .. | Dominique Guyader, Eric Nguyen.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
FRI-142 | Interferon regulatory factor 5 and solub.. | Xuan Hoan Nghiem .. | Xuan Hoan Nghiem, Van Tong Ho.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
THU-143 | High effectiveness of elbasvir/grazoprev.. | Holger Hinrichsen .. | Holger Hinrichsen, Albrecht St.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
FRI-143 | Liver-resident HBV-specific CD8 T cells .. | Laura J Pallett .. | Laura J Pallett, Alice R Burto.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
FRI-144 | Performance study of new geenius HCV sup.. | Anthony Palvadeau .. | Anthony Palvadeau, Muriel Cost.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
THU-145 | High real-world effectiveness of elbasvi.. | Dietrich Hppe .. | Dietrich Hppe, Albrecht Stoehr.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
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SAT-146 | Assessing liver function in patients who.. | Thomas Xu .. | Thomas Xu, Dr. Sitaram Chivuk.. | Cirrhosis and complications.. | - - |
THU-146 | LDV/SOF/RBV is an effective first-line D.. | Marika Karchava .. | Marika Karchava, Nikoloz Chkha.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
FRI-146 | Long-term nucleos(t)ide-analogue treatme.. | Julia Peña Asensio .. | Julia Peña Asensio, Eduardo Sa.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
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FRI-147 | Gradual restoration of HCV-specific CD8 .. | Elena Perpiñan .. | Elena Perpiñan, Sofía Pérez-de.. | Viral hepatitis.. | - - |
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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.