Microbes and asthma: Opportunities for intervention
March 2016 Volume 137, Issue 3, Pages 690–697 Hermelijn H. Smits, Pieter S. Hiemstra, PhD, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, MD, PhD, Markus Ege, MPH, Michael Edwards, PhD, Holger Garn, PhD, Peter H.…
Bronchial thermoplasty and biological therapy as targeted treatments for severe uncontrolled asthma
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30018-2 In Press, Corrected Proof Abhaya Trivedi, MD, Prof Ian D Pavord, MD, Prof Mario Castro, MD Summary Although a small proportion of patients with asthma have severe disease, it accounts…
e-Monitoring of Asthma Therapy to Improve Compliance in children (e-MATIC): a randomised controlled trial
Erwin C. Vasbinder, Lucas M.A. Goossens, Maureen P.M.H. Rutten-van Mölken, Brenda C.M. de Winter, Liset van Dijk, Arnold G. Vulto, Ellen I.M. Blankman, Nordin Dahhan,Monique T.M. Veenstra-van Schie, Florens G.A. Versteegh, Bart H.M. Wolf, Hettie M. Janssens, Patricia M.L.A. van den Bemt DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01698-2015 Published 26 May 2016 Abstract Real-time medication monitoring (RTMM) is a promising tool…
Bronchial Thermoplasty for Severe Asthma: A Review of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness, and Guidelines
Rapid Response Report: Summary with Critical Appraisal Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2015 Aug 27. Severe asthma is a chronic condition in which patients experience airway inflammation and airway muscle contraction leading to…
Comparison of pulmonary function in patients with COPD, asthma-COPD overlap syndrome, and asthma with airflow limitation
International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease » Volume 11 » Issue 1 Yoshiaki Kitaguchi, Masanori Yasuo, Masayuki Hanaoka First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, JapanBackground: This study was…
Detailed analysis of sputum and systemic inflammation in asthma phenotypes: are paucigranulocytic asthmatics really non-inflammatory?
RESEARCH ARTICLE – OPEN ACCESS – OPEN PEER REVIEW Sophie Demarche, Florence Schleich, Monique Henket, Virginie Paulus, Thierry Van Hees and Renaud Louis BMC Pulmonary MedicineBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 201616:46 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-016-0208-2 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background The technique…
LINX®, a novel treatment for patients with refractory asthma complicated by gastroesophageal reflux disease: a case report
Narin Sriratanaviriyakul, Celeste Kivler,, Tamas J. Vidovszky,, Ken Y. Yoneda,, Nicholas J. Kenyon,, Susan Murin and Samuel Louie Journal of Medical Case Reports 201610:124 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-016-0887-6 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Gastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common comorbidities in patients with asthma. Gastroesophageal reflux…
Insights, attitudes, and perceptions about asthma and its treatment: a multinational survey of patients from Europe and Canada
World Allergy Organ J. 2016; 9: 13. Joaquin Sastre, Leonardo M. Fabbri, David Price, Hans Ulrich Wahn, Jean Bousquet, James E. Fish, Kevin Murphy,and Malcolm R. Sears Abstract Background Asthma surveys completed within the past 10 years…
Determinants and impact of suboptimal asthma control in Europe: The INTERNATIONAL CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT ON ASTHMA CONTROL (LIAISON) study
Respiratory Research 201617:51 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-016-0374-z Fulvio Braido, Guy Brusselle, Daniele Guastalla, Eleonora Ingrassia, Gabriele Nicolini, David Price, Nicolas Roche, Joan B. Soriano, Heinrich Worth and on behalf of the LIAISON Study Group Abstract Background According to the Global Initiative of Asthma, the aim of asthma treatment is to gain and maintain…
Periostin levels and eosinophilic inflammation in poorly-controlled asthma
RESEARCH ARTICLE – OPEN ACCESS – OPEN PEER REVIEW Jodie L. Simpson Emailauthor, Ian A. Yang, John W. Upham, Paul N. Reynolds, Sandra Hodge, Alan L. James, Christine Jenkins, Matthew J. Peters, Guiquan Jia, Cecile T. J. Holweg and Peter G. Gibson BMC Pulmonary MedicineBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2016 16:67 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-016-0230-4 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Periostin levels are associated with…