No AbstractStelios LoukidesKonstantinos KostikasPetros BakakosPneumon
SMART uses an ICS and a long-acting beta-2 agonist (LABA) product, giving patients 4 years and older with moderate to severe uncontrolled persistent asthma 1 inhaler for dual symptom relief. The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the National Asthma and Education Preve...
People with persistent asthma are often prescribed inhaled corticosteroid drugs, which reduce inflammation and swelling of the airways to prevent asthma attacks and reduce their severity. But while they’re effective in people with mild to moderate asthma, these drugs don’t seem to grant the same ...
Difficult to treat or severe asthma? Difficult-to-treat asthma is characterized by the need for several controllers including high dose inhaled corticosteroids to prevent it from becoming uncontrolled or which remains uncontrolled despite this therapy. Difficult-to-treat asthma can be due to inappropriat...
“Inhaled corticosteroids are considered the gold standard for treatment of persistent asthma,” says Dr. Bowser. Corticosteroids are a type of anti-inflammatory drug. Your body naturally makes these steroids in your adrenal glands. But when you have asthma, your body cannot make enough to ...
BackgroundOne in 4 asthma patients may not have their condition adequately controlled and experience persistent symptoms despite treated with high healthcare utilization. But do all of them really have asthma?MethodsHere we present 3 cases; all were diagnosed as asthma, had been treating with multip...
-ups. Sometimes this phenomenon is referred to as allergic asthma, which means that allergens trigger asthma symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness or shortness of breath. An injectable drug called Xolair (omalizumab) is designed to treat moderate to severe persistent allergic asthma....
Severe persistent:This includes frequent severe attacks, continual daytime symptoms, and frequent nighttime symptoms. Symptoms require limits on daily activities. Just because a person has mild or moderate asthma does not mean that he or she cannot have a severe attack. The severity of asthma can ...
Wechsler ME, et al, Bronchial thermoplasty: Long-term safety and effectiveness in patients with severe persistent asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2013;132:1295-302 19. Castro M, et al, Effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty in the treatment of severe asthma: A multicenter, randomized...
Unbiased Biomarkers for the Prediction of Respiratory Disease Outcomes is a European project investigating mechanisms of severe asthma. Type 2 immunity A type of immunity that provides protection against parasitic infections but is also activated in allergic diseases such as asthma. It is orchestrated by...