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SAT-493 | Detecting early improvements in a NAFLD .. | Pietro Torre .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
THU-494 | Endothelial glycocalyx damage marker Syn.. | Laurin Rauter .. | Dagmar Kollmann, Judith Schief.. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
FRI-494 | Soluble CD163 as a biomarker of liver fi.. | Emilie Hegholm Ernst Lauridsen .. | .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
SAT-494 | Echocardiography-based markers for subcl.. | Daphne DAmato .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
THU-495-YI | Use of von Willebrand factor antigen for.. | David Pereyra .. | .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
FRI-495 | Does methotrexate therapy harm the liver.. | Isabel Bessa .. | A. Sá, L. Leite, H. Oliveira, .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
SAT-495 | Comparison of performance of non-invasiv.. | En Ying Tan .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
FRI-496 | Performance of the scores diagnosis of .. | Sara Chbourk .. | I. Benelbarhdadi, M. Borahma, .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
SAT-496 | Evaluation of the performance of a novel.. | Mathieu Petitjean .. | Louis Petitjean, Li Chen, Dimi.. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
THU-496-YI | Incidence and risk factors for de-novo N.. | Katharina Luise Hupa-Breier .. | .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
THU-497 | Long-term outcomes following donation af.. | Arul Suthananthan .. | .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
FRI-497 | Assessment of international normalized r.. | Marium Fatima Waqar .. | M. Qadir, Z. Ali, S.M. Ahmad, .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
SAT-497 | Development of ultra-sensitivity enzyme-.. | Nomin Ariungerel .. | Saruul Enkhjargal, Naranjargal.. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
THU-498-YI | Evaluation of a delayed liver transplant.. | Catherine Lamarque .. | .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
FRI-498 | Moving toward a more perfect liver funct.. | Michael Mcrae .. | Steve M. Helmke, Gregory T. Ev.. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
SAT-498 | Biomarkers of hepatocyte basement membra.. | Ida Lnsmann .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
FRI-499 | Liver elastography is a useful technique.. | Marcos Andres Thompson .. | Oana Faracu.. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
SAT-499 | Development of loop-mediated isothermal .. | Odgerel Oidovsambuu .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
THU-500 | Donor outcomes incidence after living-do.. | Mark Muthiah .. | Jieling Xiao, Rebecca Wenling .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
FRI-500 | Fibrosis-4 score less than 2.67 and norm.. | Alan Bonder .. | .. | General Hepatology.. | - - |
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.