Erol A. Gaillard, Claudia E. Kuehni, Steve Turner, Myrofora Goutaki, Karl A. Holden, Carmen C.M. de Jong, Christiane Lex, David K.H. Lo, Jane S. Lucas, Fabio Midulla, Rebeca Mozun, Giorgio Piacentini, David Rigau, Bart Rottier, Mike Thomas, Thomy Tonia, Jakob Usemann, Ozge Yilmaz, Angela Zacharasiewicz, Alexander Moeller European Respiratory Journal 2021; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.04173-2020 Abstract Diagnosing asthma in children represents an important clinical challenge. There is no single gold standard test to confirm…

Asthma is a major public health problem affecting more than 350 million patients around the world. Its prevalence and impact are particularly on the rise in urbanized regions and expanding…

Respiratory Research volume 22, Article number: 108 (2021)  Research – Open Access Heinrich Worth, Carl-Peter Criée, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Peter Kardos, Eva-Maria Becker, Karel Kostev, Ingo Mokros & Andrea Schneider  Background Overuse of short-acting beta-2 agonists (SABA), which do not treat the underlying…

Research – Open Access Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Amir Khakban, Hamid Tavakoli, Solmaz Ehteshami-Afshar, Larry D. Lynd & J. Mark FitzGerald  Respiratory Research volume 22, Article number: 103 (2021)  Abstract Background Oral corticosteroids are important components of pharmacotherapy in severe asthma. Our objective…

GINA has updated its interim guidance about COVID-19 and asthma, including new advice about COVID-19 vaccines.            DOWNLOAD SLIDES

Clinicians are encouraged to team with school employees, asthma educators and patient advocates to improve the health and well-being of patients with asthma, panelists said. The speakers described three different…

CONFERENCE COVERAGE Publish date: March 8, 2021By Jeff Craven  MDedge News FROM AAAAI 2021 The development and worsening of overlapping asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be affected by pollutants found…

Research Open Access Doriane Calmes, Pascale Huynen, Virginie Paulus, Monique Henket, Françoise Guissard, Catherine Moermans, Renaud Louis & Florence Schleich  Respiratory Research volume 22, Article number: 76 (2021) Abstract Background Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae have been implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma and are responsible…

Research – Open Access Kimia Shahangian, David A. Ngan, H. H. Rachel Chen, Yeni Oh, Anthony Tam, Jing Wen, Chung Cheung, Darryl A. Knight, Delbert R. Dorscheid, Tillie L. Hackett, Michael R. Hughes, Kelly M. McNagny, Jeremy A. Hirota, Masahiro Niikura, S. F. Paul…