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Allergy and Asthma Crossword


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 Try your hand at our latest respiratory puzzle on diagnosing and managing allergies and asthma.

The crossword covers the latest in technology and research, with material taken from popular articles in our pages.

Take a crack at other sleep- and respiratory-themed crossword puzzles in our games archive. Play them here.

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1. Where nitric oxide is released

3. The 'b' in ppb

5. Smoking, pet dander, cockroaches, and ragweed are just a few of these

7. Spirometry is this type of exhalation process

8. To determine where patients used rescue inhalers, Wisconsin researchers added this type of system to the device

9. Along with 12 down, the newest guidelines recommend quantification of these when evaluating patients with persistent asthma

10. Exhaled nitric oxide monitoring is this type of exhalation process

12. See 9 down

14. eNO is this type of marker of airway inflammation

16. When performing spirometry and eNo, this should be done first

20. The ATS recommends measurement of eNO at ________mL/s

2. Units used to measure exhaled nitric oxide

4. Up to 80 percent of children with asthma develop symptoms before this age

6. Patients may need extra help managing their condition in this Texas city that was named the AAFA's Fall 2009 Allergy Capital

9. A children's version of this patient questionnaire contains age-appropriate questions and pictures to go with the responses of 4 to 11-year-olds.

11. Monitoring exhaled nitric oxide regularly could predict this

13. This type of rapid compression extends spirometry's clinical utility to children under age 5

15. Without timely diagnosis and treatment of asthma, there is a risk of this

17. Plans to help patients control exacerbations

18. Spirometry measures this, not inflammation

19. The depiction of eNO numbers pictorially on a timeline; another word for 'fashion'

21. This remained clinically immeasurable until recently

22. The percentage of Americans with allergies

 




 Read these articles for more clues to the puzzle's solution:

Asthma Industry Report (July/Aug. 2009)
A composite of several indicators of asthma control may be the best way to manage the disease

A Step Ahead (Sept. 2009)
Earlier asthma diagnosis in childhood can lead to long-lasting benefits

On the Lookout for New Asthma Tools (Oct. 2009)
 Non-compliant patients turn to technology for help

 


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