Allergy in Severe Asthma
Position Paper Stefano R. Del Giacco, Arzu Bakirtas, Elizabeth Bel, Adnan Custovic, Zuzana Diamant, Eckard Hamelmann, Enrico Heffler, Ömer Kalayci, Sejal Saglani, Svetlana Sergejeva, Sven Seys, Angela Simpson, Leif Bjermer …
Phase 3 study of reslizumab in patients with poorly controlled asthma: Effects across a broad range of eosinophil counts
Chest. 2016;150(4):799-810. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.018 Jonathan Corren, MD; Steven Weinstein, MD; Lindsay Janka, MS; James Zangrilli, MD; Margaret Garin, MD Abstract Abstract | Methods | Results | Discussion | Acknowledgments | Supplementary Data | References Background IL-5, a mediator of eosinophil activity, is an important potential…
Asthma-related deaths
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine REVIEW OPEN ACCESS Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:37 DOI: 10.1186/s40248-016-0073-0 Gennaro D’Amato, Carolina Vitale, Antonio Molino, Anna Stanziola, Alessandro Sanduzzi, Alessandro Vatrella, Mauro Mormile, Maurizia Lanza, Giovanna Calabrese, Leonardo…
Inhaler technique: facts and fantasies. A view from the Aerosol Drug Management Improvement Team (ADMIT)
Review Article | OPEN npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine 26, Article number: 16017 (2016)doi:10.1038/npjpcrm.2016.17 Abstract Health professionals tasked with advising patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) how to use inhaler devices…
Effectiveness of bronchial thermoplasty in patients with severe refractory asthma: clinical and histopathological correlations
Article in Press Marina Pretolani, Pharm. D., Ph.D., Anders Bergqvist, Ph.D, Gabriel Thabut, M.D., Ph.D., Marie-Christine Dombret, M.D., Dominique Knapp, Fatima Hamidi, MS, Loubna Alavoine, M.D., Camille Taillé, M.D., Ph.D.,…
How Effective and Safe Is Bronchial Thermoplasty in “Real Life” Asthmatics Compared to Those Enrolled in Randomized Clinical Trials?
Biomed Res Int. 2016; 2016: 9132198. Published online 2016 Sep 8. doi: 10.1155/2016/9132198 PMCID: PMC5031809 Rita Arrigo, 1 Giuseppe Failla, 2 Nicola Scichilone, 1 , * Alba La Sala, 2 Carla Galeone, 3 Salvatore Battaglia, 1 Alida Benfante, 1 and Nicola Facciolongo 3 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►…
The epidemiology, healthcare and societal burden and costs of asthma in the UK and its member nations: analyses of standalone and linked national databases
BMC Medicine BMC Medicine 2016 14:113 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0657-8 Mome Mukherjee, Andrew Stoddart, Ramyani P. Gupta, Bright I. Nwaru, Angela Farr, Martin Heaven, Deborah Fitzsimmons, Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Chantelle Aftab, Colin R. Simpson, Ronan A. Lyons, Colin Fischbacher, Christopher Dibben, Michael D. Shields, Ceri J. Phillips, David P. Strachan, Gwyneth A. Davies, Brian McKinstry and Aziz Sheikh Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background There…
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for adults and adolescents with asthma
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Sep 21;9:CD011818. [Epub ahead of print] Kew KM1, Nashed M, Dulay V, Yorke J. Author information 1Population Health Research Institute, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace,…
Father’s environment before conception and asthma risk in his children
Int. J. Epidemiol. (2016)doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw151 Father’s environment before conception and asthma risk in his children: a multi-generation analysis of the Respiratory Health In Northern Europe study Cecilie Svanes1–3,†, Jennifer Koplin1,4,5,,†, Svein Magne Skulstad3,6,*, Ane Johannessen3,7,Randi…
Advances in Bronchial Thermoplasty
Chest. 2016;150(3):694-704. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.012 Balaji Laxmanan, MD; Katarine Egressy, MD; Septimiu D. Murgu, MD; Steven R. White, MD; D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP Author and Funding Information Abstract Abstract | Rationale for Bronchial…