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Physician perspectives on the burden and management of asthma in six countries: The Global Asthma Physician Survey (GAPS)

Kenneth R. Chapman, David Hinds, Peter Piazza, Chantal Raherison, Michael Gibbs, Timm Greulich, Kenneth Gaalswyk, Jiangtao Lin, Mitsuru Adachi and Kourtney J. Davis BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2017 17:153 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Despite recognition of asthma as a growing global issue and development of global…

A simple prediction tool for inhaled corticosteroid response in asthmatic children

Yi-Fan Wu, Ming-Wei Su, Bor-Luen Chiang, Yao-Hsu Yang, Ching-Hui Tsai and Yungling L. Lee BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2017 17:176 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0533-0 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Inhaled corticosteroids are recommended as the first-line controller medication for childhood…

Barriers and facilitators of effective self-management in asthma: systematic review and thematic synthesis of patient and healthcare professional views

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2017; 27: 57. doi:  10.1038/s41533-017-0056-4 Clare Miles,1 Emily Arden-Close,2 Mike Thomas,3,4 Anne Bruton,4,5 Lucy Yardley,1 Matthew Hankins,6 and Sarah E. Kirby1,4 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►   Abstract  Self-management is an established,…