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Francine M. Ducharme
Researcher at Université de Montréal
Publications - 282
Citations - 13074
Francine M. Ducharme is an academic researcher from Université de Montréal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asthma & Family caregivers. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 268 publications receiving 11816 citations. Previous affiliations of Francine M. Ducharme include McGill University Health Centre & Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine.
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An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: pulmonary function testing in preschool children.
Nicole Beydon,Stephanie D. Davis,Enrico Lombardi,Julian L. Allen,Hubertus G.M. Arets,Paul Aurora,Hans Bisgaard,G. Michael Davis,Francine M. Ducharme,Howard Eigen,Monika Gappa,Claude Gaultier,P. Gustafsson,Graham L. Hall,Zoltán Hantos,Michael J. R. Healy,Marcus Herbert Jones,Bent Klug,Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen,Sheila A. McKenzie,Francçois Marchal,Oscar H. Mayer,Peter J. F. M. Merkus,Mohy G. Morris,Ellie Oostveen,J. Jane Pillow,Paul Seddon,Michael Silverman,Peter D. Sly,Janet Stocks,Robert S. Tepper,Daphna Vilozni,Nicola Wilson +32 more
TL;DR: This work presents a meta-analysis of the literature on infant and young children Pulmonary Function Testing using a probabilistic, apples-to- apples model, which shows clear trends in prognosis and in particular in cases of high morbidity and mortality after the second vaccination.
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After asthma: redefining airways diseases
Ian D. Pavord,Richard Beasley,Alvar Agusti,Gary P. Anderson,Elisabeth H. Bel,Guy Brusselle,Guy Brusselle,Paul Cullinan,Adnan Custovic,Francine M. Ducharme,John V. Fahy,Urs Frey,Peter G. Gibson,Peter G. Gibson,Liam G Heaney,Patrick G. Holt,Marc Humbert,Marc Humbert,Clare M. Lloyd,Guy B. Marks,Fernando D. Martinez,Peter D. Sly,Erika von Mutius,Sally E. Wenzel,Heather J. Zar,Andrew Bush +25 more
TL;DR: The only way to make progress in the future is to be much more clear about the meaning of the labels used for asthma and to acknowledge the assumptions associated with them, which are believed to be the most important causes of the stagnation in key clinical outcomes observed in the past 10 years.
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Early emergency department treatment of acute asthma with systemic corticosteroids
TL;DR: Use of corticosteroids within 1 hour of presentation to an ED significantly reduces the need for hospital admission in patients with acute asthma, and those not currently receiving steroids.
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Corticosteroids for preventing relapse following acute exacerbations of asthma
TL;DR: A short course of corticosteroids following assessment for an asthma exacerbation significantly reduces the number of relapses to additional care, hospitalizations and use of short-acting beta(2)-agonist without an apparent increase in side effects.
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Preemptive use of high-dose fluticasone for virus-induced wheezing in young children.
Francine M. Ducharme,Chantal Lemire,Francisco Noya,G. Michael Davis,Nathalie Alos,Hélène Leblond,Cheryl Savdie,Jean-Paul Collet,Lyudmyla Khomenko,Georges Rivard,Robert W. Platt +10 more
TL;DR: In preschool-age children with moderate-to-severe virus-induced wheezing, preemptive treatment with high-dose fluticasone as compared with placebo reduced the use of rescue oral corticosteroids.