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Computerized acoustic assessment of treatment efficacy of nebulized epinephrine and albuterol in RSV bronchiolitisRaphael Beck
Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, Meyer Children s Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
BMC Pediatr 7:22. 2007..We evaluated the use of computerized quantification of wheezing and crackles compared to a clinical score in assessing the effect of inhaled albuterol or inhaled epinephrine in infants with RSV bronchiolitis...
Development of pediatric pulmonology in the United Kingdom, Europe, and AustralasiaSimon Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, POB 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Pediatr Res 55:521-7. 2004....
Pulmonary hemorrhage/hemoptysis in childrenSimon Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Pediatr Pulmonol 37:476-84. 2004..The management and prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis, based on cumulative experience from published reports, are considered in more detail...
Hemoptysis in childrenSimon Godfrey
Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah University Hospital, POB 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Pediatr Pulmonol Suppl 26:177-9. 2004
Asthma guidelines for children--are they useful?--no!Simon Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University, Kiryat Hadassah, POB 12000, 01120 Jerusalem, Israel
Pediatr Pulmonol Suppl 26:47-8. 2004
Is clinical wheezing reliable as the endpoint for bronchial challenges in preschool children?Simon Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Pediatr Pulmonol 37:193-200. 2004..In conclusion, the clinical observation of wheeze agrees very well with its detection by acoustic measurement at the endpoint of a bronchial challenge in preschool children...
Inflammatory markers should be the basis of monitoring asthma. The case for the con'sSimon Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Paediatr Respir Rev 7:S96-7. 2006
What is the role of tests of lung function in the management of infants with lung disease?S Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Pediatr Pulmonol 36:1-9. 2003..We suggest that such studies should explore the role of lung function tests in infants with specific symptoms, signs, or diagnoses, taking into account information from other types of investigation and the cost/benefit/risk ratios...
Bronchial hyper-responsiveness in childrenS Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Kiryat Hadassah, POB 12000, Jerusalem, 91120 Israel
Paediatr Respir Rev 1:148-55. 2000..However, only indirect challenges, such as those by exercise or the inhalation of adenosine 5'-monophosphate, distinguish between asthma and other types of lung disease...
Ups and downs of nitric oxide in chesty childrenSimon Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem, Israel
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166:438-9. 2002
The use of bronchial challenge to diagnose asthma in preschool childrenSimon Godfrey
Hadassah Hebrew University, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Prim Care Respir J 18:10-4. 2009..Equipment is now becoming available that can perform the acoustic quantification of wheeze automatically and facilitate bronchial challenges in young children...
Timing and nature of wheezing at the endpoint of a bronchial challenge in preschool childrenSimon Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Pediatr Pulmonol 39:262-7. 2005..Detecting wheeze acoustically adds safety to the technique by enabling the challenge to be stopped earlier, while the lack of a need to document the phase of breathing simplifies the technique...
Monitoring asthma severity and response to treatmentS Godfrey
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Respiration 68:637-48. 2001....
Exercise, methacholine, and adenosine 5'-monophosphate challenges in children with asthma: relation to severity of the diseaseA Avital
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hadassah Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Pediatr Pulmonol 30:207-14. 2000..There is a significant difference between mild and moderate asthmatics within the three bronchial challenges, with MCH discriminating better than AMP or exercise between groups...
Comparison of airway resistance and total respiratory system resistance in infantsC Springer
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Am Rev Respir Dis 148:1008-12. 1993..In infants with airway obstruction, Rrs does not reveal the dynamic changes in Raw during tidal breathing, nor can it differentiate between infants with upper and lower airway obstruction...
Exhaled nitric oxide and asthma in young childrenA Avital
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Pediatr Pulmonol 32:308-13. 2001....
Exhaled nitric oxide in the diagnosis of asthma: comparison with bronchial provocation testsN Berkman
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Thorax 60:383-8. 2005..A study was undertaken to determine whether exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) can be used to diagnose asthma in patients with non-specific respiratory symptoms and to compare this test with conventional provocation tests...
Comparison of respiratory inductance plethysmography with thoracoabdominal compression in bronchial challenges in infants and young childrenC Springer
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 154:665-9. 1996..A concentration of methacholine causing an increase in theta of at least 2.0 standard deviations above baseline is equivalent to the concentration causing a 40% fall in VmaxFRC...
Efficacy and safety of methacholine bronchial challenge performed by auscultation in young asthmatic childrenC Springer
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 162:857-60. 2000..Cough was not helpful in determining the end point. We conclude that the modified auscultation method is effective and safe, with wheeze appearing at the end point in the large majority of the children...
Can peak expiratory flow measurements estimate small airway function in asthmatic children?S Goldberg
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Chest 120:482-8. 2001..It is best used at home along with regular spirometry measurements at the clinic. PEF may serve as a better index of changes in small airways function once an individual regression is determined...
Exhaled nitric oxide is age-dependent in asthmaAvraham Avital
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hadassah Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Pediatr Pulmonol 36:433-8. 2003..0001), while there was no significant difference in AMP reactivity (P = 0.35). We conclude that eNO in asthmatic patients is age-dependent, with lower values in young children...
Role of infection in the middle lobe syndrome in asthmaC Springer
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
Arch Dis Child 67:592-4. 1992..There was also no correlation between the duration of the right middle lobe collapse and a positive culture. We conclude that longstanding right middle lobe collapse in asthmatic children is often associated with bacterial infection...
The effect of montelukast on bronchial provocation tests and exhaled nitric oxide levels in asthmatic patientsNeville Berkman
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 5:778-81. 2003..Leukotriene antagonist therapy in asthmatic patients alleviates symptoms and improves exercise tolerance, however the effect of these drugs on bronchial provocation tests and exhaled nitric oxide levels are less clearly established...
Suspected foreign body inhalation in children: what are the indications for bronchoscopy?Shlomo Cohen
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah Ein Kerem, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Jerusalem, Israel
J Pediatr 155:276-80. 2009..To define the criteria for bronchoscopy in children with suspected foreign body (FB) inhalation...
Relapsing polychondritis: reversible airway obstruction is not always asthmaMichael J Segel
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Mayo Clin Proc 79:407-9. 2004....
Do pediatricians use asthma management guidelines, and if not, why not?Simon Godfrey
Isr Med Assoc J 4:454-5. 2002
Non-invasive forced expiratory flow-volume curves to measure lung function in catsHylton Bark
School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Respir Physiol Neurobiol 155:49-54. 2007..Tests repeated another day showed a mean (+/-95% CI) percentage difference between paired tests to be 2.8 (-12.6, +18.3)%. Non-invasive forced expiratory flow-volume measurements can be reliably obtained in sedated cats...
Non-invasive measurement of total respiratory compliance and resistance in catsAna Epstein
School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P O Box 12, Rehovot 76100, and Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, Israel
Respir Physiol Neurobiol 156:179-86. 2007..27 (0.22-0.31) s, 7.0 (6.1-7.8) ml/cm H2O, and 38.7 (33.7-43.6) cm H2O/l/s, respectively. Rrs was significantly correlated inversely with forced expiratory flow at resting lung volume (V'maxFRC)...
