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OE-1259 | Hepatectomy with Pringle Maneuver and Ri.. | Shuo Wang .. | Shu-Sen Zheng&65292;Zhe Yang.. | Liver General.. | - - |
OP-1260 | Parenchyma sparing ALPPS an ultrasound g.. | Florin Botea .. | A. BARCU, D. BARZAN, C. HAIDUC.. | Liver General.. | - - |
OE-1262 | Dynamic Alterations in Gut Microbiota Fo.. | Serkan Sucu .. | Plamen Mihaylov, Emre Balik, J.. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
VA-1264 | CYSTIC DILATAION OF THE CYSTIC DUCT.. | Nabil Boudjenan Serradj .. | .. | Biliary Disease.. | - - |
OP-1266 | Comparative analysis of prognosis accord.. | Su Hyeong Park .. | .. | Pancreatic Disease.. | - - |
OP-1271 | Risk assessment in Liver Transplantation.. | Chase Wehrle .. | .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
VA-1273 | Laparoscopic second stage hepatectomy af.. | Laurent Coubeau .. | .. | Minimal Invasive Liver Surgery.. | - - |
EP-1274 | Hemorrhage Due To Hepatic Artery Pseudoa.. | Erick Vargas .. | Ricardo Ceron, Miguel Charco, .. | Liver General.. | - - |
OP-1276 | LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AND LIVER RESECTIO.. | Oleh Kotenko .. | Artem Minich, Oksana Mykhailiu.. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
VA-1278 | The open book technique for resection of.. | Lucas Mc Cormack .. | Dib Hasan J, Bustince S, Alvar.. | Liver General.. | - - |
VA-1280 | Surgical approach of with a recurrent up.. | Lucas Mc Cormack .. | Dib Hasan J, Bertona S, Weber .. | Liver General.. | - - |
EP-1281 | Influence of Anatomical Features on Isol.. | Yoshinao Ohbatake .. | Hirotaka Kitamura.. | Minimal Invasive Liver Surgery.. | - - |
OE-1282 | Liver surgery experience in the war cond.. | Anton Burlaka .. | Olena Efimenko, Andriy Beznose.. | Liver General.. | - - |
VA-1283 | Left trisectionectomy with hilar resecti.. | Poowanai Sarkhampee .. | .. | Biliary Disease.. | - - |
OP-1288 | Unrecognized Intrahepatic Cholangiocarci.. | Tongu Utku Yilmaz .. | TU YILMAZ, A OZER, H AKTAS, M .. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OE-1291 | Tumor-Associated Macrophage (TAM) in Int.. | Varvara Kirchner .. | J.S. Badshah, A. Aliwaisi, S. .. | Basic and Others.. | - - |
VA-1301 | Laparoscopic surgery of incidental gallb.. | Joodong Kim .. | .. | Biliary Disease.. | - - |
OE-1305 | Liver Transplantation for Autoimmune Hep.. | Tongu Utku Yilmaz .. | TU YILMAZ, A OZER, IB BATI, M .. | Liver General.. | - - |
OE-1306 | Outcomes of Using Intraoperative Blood S.. | Tongu Utku Yilmaz .. | A. OZER, T.U.YILMAZ, M. CAN GU.. | Liver Transplantation.. | - - |
OE-1315 | Increased mebrofenin accumulation after .. | Philipp Von Kroge .. | .. | Liver General.. | - - |
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.