Dansk BørneAstma Center har sammen med forskere på Harvard Medical school i to forskellige studier undersøgt, om risikoen for at få astma kan nedsættes hos børn på nul til tre år, hvis deres mødre får et ekstra tilskud af D-vitamin fra uge 24 af graviditeten. Læs artiklen på videnskab.dkRead more
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D-vitamin til gravide kan forebygge astma hos små børn, mener forskere fra Dansk BørneAstma Center på Gentofte Hospital. Forskerne har lavet studier herhjemme og sammenholdt dem med en engelsk undersøgelse. De konkluderer, at der er en klar effekt på astmahyppigheden hos børnene i treårsalderen, hvis mor får et ekstra tilskud af D-vitamin. Se indslaget fraRead more
J Pediatr. 2016 Apr;171:38-42.e4. Sevelsted A, Stokholm J, Bisgaard H OBJECTIVE To assess our prospective mother-child cohort and the national registry data to analyze the risk of asthma by delivery mode and whether cesarean delivery before or after membrane rupture affects this risk differently. STUDY DESIGN The Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood2000 isRead more
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Hans Bisgaard, MD, DMSc Professor of Pediatrics The Faculty of Health Sciences University of Copenhagen Head of the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood University of Copenhagen and Naestved Hospital Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Dr. Bisgaard: Childhood asthma is often preceded by recurrent asthma-like symptoms inRead more
Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Jan;4(1):19-26. BACKGROUND Bacteria and viruses are equally associated with the risk of acute episodes of asthma-like symptoms in young children, suggesting antibiotics as a potential treatment for such episodes. We aimed to assess the effect of azithromycin on the duration of respiratory episodes in young children with recurrent asthma-like symptoms, hypothesisingRead more
Clin Exp Allergy. 2016 Jan;46(1):112-24. BACKGROUND Viral respiratory infections can cause acute wheezing illnesses in children and exacerbations of asthma. OBJECTIVE We sought to identify variation in genes with known antiviral and pro-inflammatory functions to identify specific associations with more severe viral respiratory illnesses and the risk of virus-induced exacerbations during the peak fall season.Read more
A small revolution could be about to the hit the market in the treatment of asthma attacks: Antibiotics reduce the number of sick days of asthmatic children aged one to three years by more than 50 per cent. Read the full story at ScienceNordicRead more
By Anne Harding January 11, 2016 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Azithromycin significantly shortens the duration of asthma-like episodes in young children, according to a new randomized controlled trial. “We’ve shown in the new study that taking out the bacteria has a very dramatic effect,” Dr. Hans Bisgaard of the Copenhagen Prospective Studies of AsthmaRead more
J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Jan;137(1):68-74.e4. BACKGROUND Studies of children’s blood lipid profiles in relation to asthma are few, and the results are ambiguous. OBJECTIVE We sought to examine whether the lipid profile is associated with concurrent asthma, altered lung function, and allergic sensitization in children. METHODS High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerideRead more
Antibiotika skærer sygeperioden under astmaanfald hos småbørn ned til under 50 procent, viser studie fra Dansk BørneAstma Center. Det er mere effektivt end nogen anden astmamedicin. Læs artiklen på videnskab.dkRead more
