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  2. File:Asthma in the US-CDC Vital Signs-May 2011.pdf - Wikipedia

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    Original file (1,275 × 1,650 pixels, file size: 1.46 MB, MIME type: application/pdf, 4 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  3. NASN School Nurse - Wikipedia

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    NASN School Nurse is an American bimonthly peer-reviewed nursing journal that covers the field of school nursing.The editor-in-chief is Cynthia Galemore. It was established in 2001 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the American National Association of School Nurses.

  4. Pathophysiology of asthma - Wikipedia

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    The mechanisms behind allergic asthma—i.e., asthma resulting from an immune response to inhaled allergens—are the best understood of the causal factors. In both people with asthma and people who are free of the disease, inhaled allergens that find their way to the inner airways are ingested by a type of cell known as antigen-presenting ...

  5. Theophylline/ephedrine - Wikipedia

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    Later research found that the combination was no more effective for asthma than theophylline alone but produced more side effects. [ 9 ] [ 1 ] [ 12 ] [ 7 ] Combinations of theophylline, ephedrine, and phenobarbital (brand name Tedral among others) have also been widely used to treat asthma.

  6. Dorothy E. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Behavioral system model, nursing theorist Dorothy E. Johnson (August 21, 1919 – February 4, 1999) [ 1 ] was an American nurse, researcher, author, and theorist. She is known for creating the behavioral system model and for being one of the founders of modern system-based nursing theory .

  7. Asthma trigger - Wikipedia

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    Asthma triggers are factors or stimuli that provoke the exacerbation of asthma symptoms or increase the degree of airflow disruption, which can lead to an asthma attack. [1] An asthma attack is characterized by an obstruction of the airway , hypersecretion of mucus and bronchoconstriction due to the contraction of smooth muscles around the ...

  8. Metered-dose inhaler - Wikipedia

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    MDI canister and actuator components from H&T Presspart. A metered-dose inhaler consists of three major components: the canister, which is produced in aluminum or stainless steel by means of deep drawing, where the formulation resides; the metering valve, which allows a metered quantity of the formulation to be dispensed with each actuation; and an actuator (or mouthpiece) which enables the ...

  9. Denudation (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, denudation refers to the loss of surface layers, such as the epithelium.Denudation coupled with peeling and cracking of skin gives rise to a "crazy pavement dermatosis" pattern seen in Kwashiorkor or Kwashiorkor-Marasmus complex.