The Global Asthma Report 2014
SUMMARIES > THE BURDEN OF ASTHMA > MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA AND CAPACITY BUILDING > ASTHMA – A GLOBAL PRIORITY > MAPS, RESOURCES, DATA > The Global Asthma Report 2014 includes strategic and…
Atopic cough and fungal allergy
Keynote Lecture Haruhiko Ogawa1, Masaki Fujimura2, Noriyuki Ohkura3, Koichi Makimura4 1Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Ishikawa-ken Saiseikai, Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa 920-0353, Japan; 2Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nanao Hospital, Nanao 926-8531,…
Childhood Asthma-Predictive Phenotype
Theresa W. Guilbert, MD David T. Mauger, PhD Robert F. Lemanske Jr, MD Received: August 8, 2014; Received in revised form: September 11, 2014; Accepted: September 12, 2014; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2014.09.010 Wheezing is a fairly…
Inhaler reminders improve adherence with controller treatment in primary care patients with asthma
Foster JM1, Usherwood T2, Smith L3, Sawyer SM4, Xuan W5, Rand CS6, Reddel HK7. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Poor adherence contributes to uncontrolled asthma. Pragmatic adherence interventions for primary care settings are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness…
The Allergic Asthma Phenotype
Michael Schatz, MD, MS Lanny Rosenwasser, MD Received: July 7, 2014; Received in revised form: September 9, 2014; Accepted: September 10, 2014; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2014.09.004 The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology:…
The Allergic Asthma Phenotype
Michael Schatz, MD, MS Lanny Rosenwasser, MD Received: July 7, 2014; Received in revised form: September 9, 2014; Accepted: September 10, 2014; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2014.09.004 The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology:…
Asthma Phenotypes: Nonallergic (Intrinsic) Asthma
Stephen P. Peters, MD, PhD, FAAAAI Section on Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunologic Diseases, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC Received: September 11, 2014; Accepted: September 19,…
The latest edition of the BTS/SIGN guideline on the management of asthma (2014) is available now
The 2014 update includes a new section highlighting key recommendations for implementation (section 2), completely re-written sections on supported self management (section 4) and organisation and delivery of care (section…
Effect of low birth weight on childhood asthma: a meta-analysis
Xue-Feng Xu1, Ying-Jun Li2, Yuan-Jian Sheng1, Jin-Ling Liu1, Lan-Fang Tang1 and Zhi-Min Chen1* *Corresponding author: Zhi-Min Chen drchenzm@163.com Author Affiliations For all author emails, please log on. BMC Pediatrics 2014, 14:275 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-14-275 Abstract Background Low birth weight is…
Exacerbation of asthma and airway infection: is the virus the villain?
Lusmaia D.C. Costa, Paulo Sucasas Costa, Paulo A.M. Camargos Abstract Objectiveto review the available literature on the association between acute viral respiratory tract infection and the onset of asthma exacerbations,…