This document summarises the conclusions of a European Respiratory Society Task Force
on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in …

The present statement was produced by a European Respiratory Society Task Force to
summarise the evidence and current practice on the diagnosis and management of obstructive …

Obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing includes a spectrum of clinical entities with variable
severity ranging from primary snoring to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The …

Background There is little evidence of the effects of early treatment with growth hormone (GH)
in infants with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). A prospective study was conducted to assess …

Whole body plethysmography is used to measure lung volumes, capacities and resistances.
It is a well standardised technique, and although it is widely used in paediatric chest …

Background: In most cases, severe asthma in children has an allergic etiology, but allergen-specific
immunotherapy (AIT) is contraindicated. Objective: This study aimed at analyzing the …

There has been exciting progress in diagnosis and in the treatment of allergic patients. The
objective of this review is to summarize the most relevant contributions in the past 10 years …

Background: Oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a promising approach to cow’s milk and egg
allergies, but reactions are frequent and some patients cannot be desensitized. Objective: To …

Rituximab (RTX) is a monoclonal antibody; recently it has been use as a new treatment
strategy in patients with high-degree steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome. It provokes a …

PURPOSE: To determine the inflammatory changes in the airways of allergic pediatric asthma
patients treated with omalizumab, measured by the percentage of eosinophil in induced …