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Species | Anne E DixonSummaryAffiliation: University of Vermont Country: USA Publications
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Effects of obstructive sleep apnea and gastroesophageal reflux disease on asthma control in obesityAnne E Dixon
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
J Asthma 48:707-13. 2011..It has been suggested that co-morbidities associated with obesity, such as reflux and obstructive sleep apnea, could be important factors contributing to poor asthma control in obese patients...
Effect of obesity on clinical presentation and response to treatment in asthmaAnne E Dixon
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
J Asthma 43:553-8. 2006..Obese and non-obese asthmatics have similar lung function abnormalities, but comorbidities and altered responses to medications may significantly affect asthma control in obese people...- Obesity and asthma: an inflammatory disease of adipose tissue not the airwayOlga Sideleva
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 89 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 186:598-605. 2012.... - Criteria to screen for chronic sinonasal diseaseAnne E Dixon
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Chest 136:1324-32. 2009..There are no simple, validated tools to screen for these diseases. The objective of this study was to assess instruments to assist in the diagnosis of chronic sinonasal disease... 
Relationship of adipokines with immune response and lung function in obese asthmatic and non-asthmatic womenAnne E Dixon
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
J Asthma 48:811-7. 2011....- The association between BMI and plasma cytokine levels in patients with acute lung injuryRenee D Stapleton
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, HSRF 222, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
Chest 138:568-77. 2010..We hypothesized that cytokine response might be attenuated in patients who are obese and critically ill or that obesity might modify the relationship between plasma cytokines and clinical outcomes in ALI... - Lower airway disease in asthmatics with and without rhinitisAnne E Dixon
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Vermont Lung Center, HSRF 226, 149 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
Lung 186:361-8. 2008..The purpose of this study was to determine if asthma with rhinitis and asthma without rhinitis represent distinct forms of disease... - Does obesity produce a distinct asthma phenotype?Njira L Lugogo
Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Appl Physiol 108:729-34. 2010..Although the mechanisms underlying obesity in asthma require further investigation, obesity plays a major role in the asthma epidemic and likely results in a distinct phenotype of the disease... - Effects of obesity and bariatric surgery on airway hyperresponsiveness, asthma control, and inflammationAnne E Dixon
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 128:508-15.e1-2. 2011..Asthma in obese subjects is poorly understood, and these patients are often refractory to standard therapy... - Asthma in American Indian adults: the Strong Heart StudyAnne E Dixon
University of Vermont College of Medicine, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Chest 131:1323-30. 2007..Characterization of the impact of asthma among American Indian adults is necessary in order to design appropriate clinical and preventive measures... - Rhinosinusitis and asthma: the missing linkAnne E Dixon
Vermont Lung Center, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
Curr Opin Pulm Med 15:19-24. 2009..Finally, we will review recent data assessing the impact of treating sinonasal disease on both the development of asthma and asthma control... - Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumoniaJenny L Martino
Department of Internal Medicine, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT, USA
Respir Med 102:932-4. 2008..aureus in a peripartum woman. This case illustrates that community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus must be considered as a potential pathogen in severe community-acquired pneumonia... - Extreme obesity and outcomes in critically ill patientsJenny L Martino
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Chest 140:1198-206. 2011..However, outcomes in extreme obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m(2)) are unclear. We sought to determine the association between extreme obesity and ICU outcomes... - Allergic rhinitis and sinusitis in asthma: differential effects on symptoms and pulmonary functionAnne E Dixon
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05401, USA
Chest 130:429-35. 2006..The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of self-reported allergic rhinitis and sinusitis on lower airway disease in a large cohort of participants with well-characterized asthma... - Obesity is associated with neutrophil dysfunction and attenuation of murine acute lung injuryLauren L Kordonowy
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 47:120-7. 2012..ALI is attenuated in obese mice, and this blunted response is in part attributable to an obesity-associated abnormal neutrophil chemoattractant response... - Early intervention of therapy in asthmaAnne E Dixon
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
Curr Opin Pulm Med 11:51-5. 2005..In the future, novel pharmacologic targets and careful timing of treatments must occur to intervene effectively with remodeling and/or decline in lung function in asthma... - Trafficking of Th1 cells to lung: a role for selectins and a P-selectin glycoprotein-1-independent ligandJoan G Clark
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 30:220-7. 2004..However, our studies reveal that a ligand distinct from P-selectin glycoprotein-1 also binds these selectins in vitro and appears to play a physiologic role in in vivo emigration of Th1 lymphocytes into the lung...