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Carnitine signature in liver corretales .. | Andrea Jiménez Franco .. | Helena Castañé, Elisabet Rodrí.. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Alcohol associated hepatitis in Latin Am.. | Jorge Arnold .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Type 2 diabetes and religious fasting: e.. | Svenja Sydor .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Prophylaxis of withdrawal syndrome decre.. | David Marti-Aguado .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Impact of alcohol use on the diagnostic .. | Oscar Danielsson .. | Markku Nissinen, Katja Pahkala.. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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The I48M PNPLA3 variant mitigates Niacin.. | Erika Paolini .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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The co-presence of PNPLA3, MBOAT7 and TM.. | Miriam Longo .. | Miriam Longo1,2, Erika Paolini.. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Application of machine learning algorith.. | Resham Ramkissoon .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Liver stiffness on magnetic resonance el.. | Veeral Ajmera .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Utilising features of metabolic syndrome.. | Cassandra Baiano .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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The association of spleen volume with se.. | Lars Johansson .. | Samuel Helgesson, Sambit Tarai.. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Non-invasive assessment of type VII coll.. | Mette Juul Nielsen .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Alcoholic foamy degeneration: a unique v.. | Jordi Gratacós-Gines .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Targeting adipose tissue macrophages ame.. | Celia Martínez Sánchez .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Loss of solute carrier family 38 member .. | Nchimunya Nelisa Tebeka .. | S.R. Atkinson, L.D. Tyson, J. .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Multiplex immunostaining and transcripto.. | Adrien Guillot .. | .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Reliability of histologic disease activi.. | Rohit Loomba .. | Rish K. Pai; Vipul Jairath; Ma.. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
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Evaluating future risk of NAFLD fibrosis.. | Kushala Abeysekera .. | Julian Hamilton Shield, James .. | Metabolism, alcohol and toxicity.. | - - |
Abstract
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.
