Allergic respiratory diseases in the elderly

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1614-1622

  Todo Bom, A ^a   Mota Pinto, A ^b  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ageing; Asthma; Respiratory allergy; Rhinitis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM; CETIRIZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DESLORATADINE; FEXOFENADINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INFLUENZA VACCINE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LORATADINE; THEOPHYLLINE; THROMBOXANE A2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AGED; AGING; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANXIETY; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BALANCE DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRY POWDER; EOSINOPHIL; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION RISK; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METERED DOSE INHALER; MORTALITY; OROPHARYNX CANDIDIASIS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIALIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349485400     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.06.003     Document Type: Review

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