Search for dissertations about: "pefr"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word pefr.

2. 1. Prevalance of upper airway symptoms and aspects on treatment of nasal polyposis

   Author : Petter Olsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Non-allergic rhinitis symptoms; prevalence; randomised controlled trial; nasal polyposis; functional endoscopic sinus surgery; mometasone furoate nasal spray; fluticasone propionate nasal drops; olfaction; health related quality of life; SF-36;

   Abstract : Background: Non-allergic rhinitis is a disease that is often trivialised, leading to inadequate management and unnecessary costs. One of the most common types of severe non-allergic nasal inflammation is nasal polyposis. Nasal polyposis is associated with asthma. READ MORE

4. 2. Pollinosis in children with special reference to the development of asthma

   Author : Hosne Ara Ferdousi; Leif Rosenhall; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Children with rhinoconjunctivitis and increased bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) are prone to develop asthma later in life. Eosinophil granule proteins in serum are indirect measures of eosinophil activity and regarded as markers of inflammation. READ MORE

5. 3. Nasal and bronchial testing as well as treatment of patients with airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation focusing on the united airway concept

   Author : Anders Ehnhage; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Allergic and non-allergic rhinitis and asthma is a global health problem on the increase that causes major illness and disability worldwide, and also results in a large financial burden on society. This thesis contains six papers, based on four different clinical studies on humans with allergic as well as non-allergic airways inflammation, such as neutrophil inflammation caused by exposure to swine dust, as well as chronic rhinosinusitis and concomitant asthma with and without NSAID intolerance. READ MORE