10-14 April 2019 Vienna
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SAT-11 | Cirrhotic patients:Is there any role to .. | Cátia Arieira .. | Cátia Arieira, Francisca Dias .. | Cirrhosis and complications.. | - - |
FRI-12 | Analysis of clinical and histological fa.. | Lidia Cuevas Del Campo .. | Elena Gómez-Domínguez, Yolanda.. | Cholestasis and autoimmune.. | - - |
LBP-12 | Phase 1a Study of the Safety, Tolerabili.. | Edward Gane .. | Edward Gane, Christian Schwabe.. | Late Breaker.. | - - |
THU-12 | Prevalence of autoimmune liver disease r.. | Rakesh Kumar Jagdish .. | Rakesh Kumar Jagdish, Shiv Kum.. | Cholestasis and autoimmune.. | - - |
SAT-12 | Alterations in skin microbiota, serum bi.. | Jasmohan S Bajaj .. | Jasmohan S Bajaj, Andrew Fagan.. | Cirrhosis and complications.. | - - |
SAT-13 | Potentially Preventable readmissions and.. | Jasmohan S Bajaj .. | Puneeta Tandon, Jacqueline OLe.. | Cirrhosis and complications.. | - - |
THU-13 | Investigating the potential immunomodula.. | Ashnila Janmohamed .. | Ashnila Janmohamed, Evaggelia .. | Cholestasis and autoimmune.. | - - |
LBP-13 | Effect of treatment of hepatitis B patie.. | Stuart C Gordon .. | S. Gordon, Y. Zhou, J. Li, L. .. | Late Breaker.. | - - |
FRI-13 | A combined blood and MR imaging risk sco.. | Andrea Dennis .. | Kamil Janowski, Andrea Dennis,.. | Cholestasis and autoimmune.. | - - |
LBP-14 | Magnetic Resonance Biomarkers for Early .. | Nidhi Goyal .. | N. Goyal, C. Sawh, J. Angeles,.. | Late Breaker.. | - - |
SAT-14 | Efficacy of rifaximin soluble solid disp.. | Jasmohan S Bajaj .. | Jasmohan S Bajaj, Zeev Heimans.. | Cirrhosis and complications.. | - - |
FRI-14 | Diagnostic criteria for autoimmune hepat.. | Jessica Dyson .. | Jessica Dyson, Alasdair Blain,.. | Cholestasis and autoimmune.. | - - |
THU-14 | Primary sclerosing cholangitis-associate.. | Eline Kamp .. | Eline Kamp, Dinjens Winand, Do.. | Cholestasis and autoimmune.. | - - |
THU-15 | Mutational signatures during the neoplas.. | Eline Kamp .. | Eline Kamp, Dinjens Winand, va.. | Cholestasis and autoimmune.. | - - |
FRI-15 | Environmental triggering in primary bili.. | Jessica Dyson .. | Jessica Dyson, Alasdair Blain,.. | Cholestasis and autoimmune.. | - - |
LBP-15 | Urinary Liver Fatty-Acid-Binding Protein.. | Adria Juanola .. | A. Juanola, I. Graupera, S. Pi.. | Late Breaker.. | - - |
SAT-15 | Sarcopenia is associated with a worst pr.. | Chantal Bemeur .. | Nguyen Mimosa, Tremblay Mélani.. | Cirrhosis and complications.. | - - |
LBP-16 | Phase II trial to evaluate immunogenicit.. | zgr Koc .. | . Koc, P. de Smedt, G. Robaeys.. | Late Breaker.. | - - |
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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.