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| R01AT008393 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| The Miriam Hospital | OTHER |
| National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) | NIH |
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Asthma is one of the four most common adult chronic disorders. Supporting asthma patients in improving their asthma control and symptoms as well as their quality of life are important goals in clinical management. This study will test the effect of a widely-available mindfulness training program in improving asthma control and symptoms and quality of life among patients with asthma, and explore the relationship between asthma control and a number of factors, including how well patients perceive their respiratory symptoms.
Asthma is one of the four most common adult chronic disorders. It affects 7.3% (16.4 million) U.S. adults and costs $18 billion in direct healthcare costs and lost productivity. Control of symptoms and improving patient's quality of life (QOL) are the goals in asthma management and require patients to accurately identify their symptoms. But the low congruence between patients' symptom reports and their pulmonary function leads to disease management errors. The accuracy with which asthma patients recognize their symptoms is affected by emotional factors, and because high negative affectivity is related to low interoceptive accuracy and worse asthma symptoms and asthma physical health, the frequent mental distress prevalent among asthmatics is thought to result in difficulty in distinguishing symptoms of stress/distress from those of asthma. Mindfulness training teaches people to recognize and distinguish among the components of experience (thoughts, feelings, sensations/symptoms) and is associated with increased perceptual accuracy of respiratory resistance, and reduced affective negativity. It thus has the potential to improve patient's discrimination between asthma symptoms and stress/distress, resulting in improved asthma management, control and QOL. A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) (N=84) of a widely-available mindfulness training program (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)) to explore this hypothesis in adults with mild, moderate or severe persistent asthma. Intent to treat analyses comparing MBSR to an active control program showed clinically significant improvements in overall QOL (p=0.01), as well as important improvements in asthma symptoms (p=0.009), reduced use of asthma rescue medication (p=0.001), anxiety (p=0.05), perceived stress (p=0.01), and mindfulness (p=0.01). Promising improvements in the percentage of patients with well-controlled asthma also were found. All improvements were sustained 10 months post-intervention. Widespread adoption of this promising adjunct intervention will require sharper evidence regarding asthma control and symptoms. The primary aim is to test MBSR against an active control on the key clinical outcomes of asthma control and symptoms using gold standard measures with 256 adults with mild, moderate or severe asthma. And to evaluate the program's effect on asthma QOL, lung function, cost-effectiveness, and the mediating effect of respiratory interoceptive accuracy on asthma control, QOL, and medication use. Assessments are at baseline, 6-, 12-, and 18-month follow-up. MBSR is available nationwide and covered by many third-party payers. If sustained and credible improvements in asthma control and symptoms are found, MBSR could be a useful adjunct to traditional medical treatment and would have the potential for improving the lives of people with asthma. By examining the mediating effects of psychosocial variables on asthma control, the study also generates new knowledge on mechanisms of change and maintenance in mind-body and behavioral programs in medicine.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction | Experimental | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class to train participants in mindfulness and its application, including addressing challenges arising from chronic diseases and life stresses. |
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| Healthy Living Course (HLC) | Active Comparator | The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Behavioral | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class to train participants in mindfulness and its application, including addressing challenges arising from chronic diseases and life stresses. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change From Baseline in Asthma Control at 18 Months | Asthma control will be assessed using the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ). The ACQ is a 7-item validated measure that assesses the 5 asthma symptoms considered most important and most used by clinicians for evaluating asthma control, along with use of short-acting beta-agonist and FEV1 percent predicted. Patients recall their symptoms and short-acting beta-agonist use during the previous week; FEV1 is obtained from spirometry. All seven questions are scored on a 7-point scale (0=good control, 6=poor control), and the overall score (range 0-6) is the mean of the seven responses. Lower scores indicate better outcome. Minimum = 0, Maximum = 6. Changes of 0.5 or greater in the score are considered important differences. | Baseline and 18 months |
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| Change From Baseline in Asthma-related Quality of Life at 18 Months | Asthma-related quality of life will be assessed using the Asthma-related QoL (AQoL) measure.The AQoL has 30 items assessing impairment in 4 areas of function shown to be important to the QoL of adult patients with asthma (activity limitations, asthma symptoms, emotional function and environmental exposure). Overall QoL is computed by averaging scores on the 4 domains. Items assess the degree to which important activities have been limited by asthma during the last 2 weeks on a 7-point scale (1= maximal impairment, 7= no impairment). Shown to be valid, reliable and sufficiently sensitive to changes in asthma symptoms to capture the effects of an intervention in a clinical trial. Higher scores = better outcome, minimum score = 30, maximum score 210. Changes in scores of 0.5 or above represent clinically meaningful improvement in QoL. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| James Carmody, PhD | University of Massachusetts, Worcester | Principal Investigator |
| Lori Pbert, PhD | University of Massachusetts, Worcester | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester | Massachusetts | 01655 | United States |
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| ID | Title | Description |
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| FG000 | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class to train participants in mindfulness and its application, including addressing challenges arising from chronic diseases and life stresses. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class to train participants in mindfulness and its application, including addressing challenges arising from chronic diseases and life stresses. |
| FG001 | Healthy Living Course (HLC) | The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support Healthy Living Course (HLC): The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support |
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| BG000 | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class to train participants in mindfulness and its application, including addressing challenges arising from chronic diseases and life stresses. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class to train participants in mindfulness and its application, including addressing challenges arising from chronic diseases and life stresses. |
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| Type | Title | Description | Population Description | Reporting Status | Anticipated Posting Date | Parameter Type | Dispersion Type | Unit of Measure | Calculate Percentage | Time Frame | Units Analyzed | Denominator Units Selected | Arm/Group Information | Denominators | Classes | Analyses | |||
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| Primary | Change From Baseline in Asthma Control at 18 Months | Asthma control will be assessed using the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ). The ACQ is a 7-item validated measure that assesses the 5 asthma symptoms considered most important and most used by clinicians for evaluating asthma control, along with use of short-acting beta-agonist and FEV1 percent predicted. Patients recall their symptoms and short-acting beta-agonist use during the previous week; FEV1 is obtained from spirometry. All seven questions are scored on a 7-point scale (0=good control, 6=poor control), and the overall score (range 0-6) is the mean of the seven responses. Lower scores indicate better outcome. Minimum = 0, Maximum = 6. Changes of 0.5 or greater in the score are considered important differences. | Posted | Mean | Standard Error | score on a scale | Baseline and 18 months |
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| ID | Title | Description | Deaths (Affected) | Deaths (At Risk) | Serious Events (Affected) | Serious Events (At Risk) | Other Events (Affected) | Other Events (At Risk) |
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| EG000 | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class to train participants in mindfulness and its application, including addressing challenges arising from chronic diseases and life stresses. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class to train participants in mindfulness and its application, including addressing challenges arising from chronic diseases and life stresses. |
| Term | Organ System | Source Vocabulary | Assessment Type | Notes | Statistical Information |
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| Bilateral lower extremity pain with weakness | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Clinically significant decrease of ≥ 15% in spirometry from baseline in FEV1. | Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Dr James Carmody | UMass Chan Medical School | 5088561205 | james.carmody@umassmed.edu |
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| Type | Includes Protocol | Includes SAP | Includes ICF | Document Label | Document Date | Document Uploaded Date | Document File Name |
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| Prot_SAP | Yes | Yes | No | Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan | Sep 2, 2020 | Aug 2, 2021 | Prot_SAP_001.pdf |
| ICF | No | No | Yes | Informed Consent Form | Jun 23, 2018 | Oct 15, 2020 | ICF_000.pdf |
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| D001249 | Asthma |
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| D001982 | Bronchial Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D008173 | Lung Diseases, Obstructive |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
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| D000099024 | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction |
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| D064866 | Mindfulness |
| D015928 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
| D001521 | Behavior Therapy |
| D011613 | Psychotherapy |
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| Healthy Living Course (HLC) | Behavioral | The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support |
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| Change From Baseline in Respiratory Interoceptive Accuracy at 18-months | Respiratory interoceptive accuracy will be measured using the Breath Perception Discrimination Test (BPDT). The BPDT measures ability to detect small changes in resistive load. This test will be done in the Pulmonary Diagnostic Laboratory at each site. During the test period, the presentation of the resistor will be announced at the onset of a new inspiration for the duration of one full breath cycle. At the conclusion of the breath cycle, participants pause for 5 normal breaths, at which point the next resistor in the block is presented. The test will be divided into 6 blocks during which there is a random presentation of each resistor so that participants carry out 30 ratings (6 for each condition) over the course of the test. Higher score is better outcome, lower score is worse outcome. Lowest score is zero percent, highest score is 100% Time to complete: 30 minutes. | Baseline and 18-months |
| Change From Baseline in Percent Predicted Expiratory Volume at 18-months. | Lung function will be assessed via spirometry. Spirometry assesses the level of air flow limitation according to the forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1). The unit of measure is not a score on a scale but rather "percent predicted expiratory volume" to assess air flow limitation. Measurement will be done in the site Pulmonary Diagnostic Laboratories according to American Thoracic Society guidelines before and after inhalation of bronchodilator. This includes instructing participants to not take a bronchodilator at least 4 hours prior to their spirometry, and assessing lung function both before, and then 30 minutes after bronchodilator to assess best lung function and responsiveness to bronchodilator therapy. Higher scores mean better outcome. | Baseline and 18-months |
| Cost Per Change in Quality of Life (QOL) | This outcome is the Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). The ICER estimates how much the MBSR intervention costs, relative to the HLC intervention, to improve the outcome measure by 1 unit. The ICER is calculated by dividing the incremental cost by the incremental outcome. The Incremental cost is difference in total costs (sum of program costs and healthcare costs over 18 months, in U.S. dollars) between the MBSR and HLC groups. The Incremental outcome is the difference between the groups in the chosen measure of health outcome at 18 months (here, mean Asthma-related QoL (AQoL) questionnaire scores). | 18 months |
| Cost in Change of Percent Predicted FEV | This outcome is the Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). The ICER estimates how much the MBSR intervention costs, relative to the HL intervention, to improve the outcome measure by 1 unit. The ICER is calculated by dividing the incremental cost by the incremental outcome. The incremental cost is the difference in total costs (sum of program costs and healthcare costs over 18 months, in U.S. dollars) between the MBSR and HLC groups. The incremental outcome is the difference between the groups at 18 months in the chosen measure of health outcome (here, mean Predicted FEV1 scores). This is not a scale. | 18 months |
| Cost in Change of Asthma Control | This outcome is the Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). The ICER estimates how much the MBSR intervention costs, relative to the HL intervention, to improve the outcome measure by 1 unit. The ICER is calculated by dividing the Incremental cost by the incremental outcome. The incremental cost is the difference in total costs (sum of program costs and healthcare costs over 18 months, in U.S. dollars) between the MBSR and HLC groups. The incremental outcome is the difference between the groups in the chosen measure of health outcome 18 months (here, mean Asthma Control Score). This is not a scale. | 18 months |
| BG001 | Healthy Living Course (HLC) | The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support Healthy Living Course (HLC): The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support |
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| Region of Enrollment | Two sites; Rhode Island and Massachusetts. | Number | participants |
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| OG001 | Healthy Living Course (HLC) | The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support Healthy Living Course (HLC): The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support |
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| Secondary | Change From Baseline in Asthma-related Quality of Life at 18 Months | Asthma-related quality of life will be assessed using the Asthma-related QoL (AQoL) measure.The AQoL has 30 items assessing impairment in 4 areas of function shown to be important to the QoL of adult patients with asthma (activity limitations, asthma symptoms, emotional function and environmental exposure). Overall QoL is computed by averaging scores on the 4 domains. Items assess the degree to which important activities have been limited by asthma during the last 2 weeks on a 7-point scale (1= maximal impairment, 7= no impairment). Shown to be valid, reliable and sufficiently sensitive to changes in asthma symptoms to capture the effects of an intervention in a clinical trial. Higher scores = better outcome, minimum score = 30, maximum score 210. Changes in scores of 0.5 or above represent clinically meaningful improvement in QoL. | Posted | Mean | Standard Error | score on a scale | Baseline and 18 months |
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| Secondary | Change From Baseline in Respiratory Interoceptive Accuracy at 18-months | Respiratory interoceptive accuracy will be measured using the Breath Perception Discrimination Test (BPDT). The BPDT measures ability to detect small changes in resistive load. This test will be done in the Pulmonary Diagnostic Laboratory at each site. During the test period, the presentation of the resistor will be announced at the onset of a new inspiration for the duration of one full breath cycle. At the conclusion of the breath cycle, participants pause for 5 normal breaths, at which point the next resistor in the block is presented. The test will be divided into 6 blocks during which there is a random presentation of each resistor so that participants carry out 30 ratings (6 for each condition) over the course of the test. Higher score is better outcome, lower score is worse outcome. Lowest score is zero percent, highest score is 100% Time to complete: 30 minutes. | Posted | Mean | Standard Error | score on a scale | Baseline and 18-months |
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| Secondary | Change From Baseline in Percent Predicted Expiratory Volume at 18-months. | Lung function will be assessed via spirometry. Spirometry assesses the level of air flow limitation according to the forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1). The unit of measure is not a score on a scale but rather "percent predicted expiratory volume" to assess air flow limitation. Measurement will be done in the site Pulmonary Diagnostic Laboratories according to American Thoracic Society guidelines before and after inhalation of bronchodilator. This includes instructing participants to not take a bronchodilator at least 4 hours prior to their spirometry, and assessing lung function both before, and then 30 minutes after bronchodilator to assess best lung function and responsiveness to bronchodilator therapy. Higher scores mean better outcome. | This combination of the two arms was the prespecified analysis. | Posted | Mean | Standard Error | percent predicted expiratory volume | Baseline and 18-months |
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| Secondary | Cost Per Change in Quality of Life (QOL) | This outcome is the Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). The ICER estimates how much the MBSR intervention costs, relative to the HLC intervention, to improve the outcome measure by 1 unit. The ICER is calculated by dividing the incremental cost by the incremental outcome. The Incremental cost is difference in total costs (sum of program costs and healthcare costs over 18 months, in U.S. dollars) between the MBSR and HLC groups. The Incremental outcome is the difference between the groups in the chosen measure of health outcome at 18 months (here, mean Asthma-related QoL (AQoL) questionnaire scores). | This combination of the two arms was the prespecified analysis. | Posted | Number | U.S. Dollars/1 point of QOL improvement | 18 months |
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| Secondary | Cost in Change of Percent Predicted FEV | This outcome is the Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). The ICER estimates how much the MBSR intervention costs, relative to the HL intervention, to improve the outcome measure by 1 unit. The ICER is calculated by dividing the incremental cost by the incremental outcome. The incremental cost is the difference in total costs (sum of program costs and healthcare costs over 18 months, in U.S. dollars) between the MBSR and HLC groups. The incremental outcome is the difference between the groups at 18 months in the chosen measure of health outcome (here, mean Predicted FEV1 scores). This is not a scale. | This combination of the two arms was the prespecified analysis. | Posted | Number | US. Dollars/1 point % Predicted FEV | 18 months |
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| Secondary | Cost in Change of Asthma Control | This outcome is the Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). The ICER estimates how much the MBSR intervention costs, relative to the HL intervention, to improve the outcome measure by 1 unit. The ICER is calculated by dividing the Incremental cost by the incremental outcome. The incremental cost is the difference in total costs (sum of program costs and healthcare costs over 18 months, in U.S. dollars) between the MBSR and HLC groups. The incremental outcome is the difference between the groups in the chosen measure of health outcome 18 months (here, mean Asthma Control Score). This is not a scale. | This combination of the two arms was the prespecified analysis. | Posted | Number | US $/1 point of Change of Asthma Control | 18 months |
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| EG001 | Healthy Living Course (HLC) | The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support Healthy Living Course (HLC): The Healthy Living Course (HLC) consists of 8 weekly classes plus an all-day class providing lectures and discussions about health-related topics. The purpose of the HLC is to match the MBSR for time, attention and group support | 1 | 118 | 18 | 118 | 10 | 118 |
| Inpatient hospitalization with subsequent adult partial program admission | Psychiatric disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Chest congestion associated with l sided arm weakness and lower extremity weakness & numbness | Cardiac disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Surgical repair of lumbar spondylosis with radiculopathy | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Gastric bypass | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Kidney Removal | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Hysterectomy | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Appendectomy | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Microcytic anemia with iron deficiency, secondary to gi blood loss in the setting of nsaid use | Blood and lymphatic system disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Asthma exacerbation | Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Thyroid Gland Surgery | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Dysphagia & dehydration | Metabolism and nutrition disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Emphysematous pyelonephritis | Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Pneumonia due to infectious organism | Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Broken hip | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Surgery; L4/5 discectomy | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Peritoneal abscess | Gastrointestinal disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Recurrent major depressive episode | Psychiatric disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Drug-induced, allergic reaction to Bactrim | Infections and infestations | Systematic Assessment |
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| Arthritis spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis surgery | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Surgery to repair small bowel obstruction | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Septic shock | Infections and infestations | Systematic Assessment |
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| Hernia Surgery | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Abdominal myomectomy | Surgical and medical procedures | Systematic Assessment |
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| Chest pain & syncope | Cardiac disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Slurred speech ruled out TIA | Nervous system disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Patient fell | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | Systematic Assessment |
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| Respiratory Hypersensitivity |
| D006969 | Hypersensitivity, Immediate |
| D006967 | Hypersensitivity |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
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| Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |