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…

  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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

  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…

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…

Report Highlights Did you know that… Annual worldwide deaths from asthma have been estimated at 250.000? (E. D. Bateman et. al. Eur Respir J 2008: 31: 143–178) Almost half (46%)…

  Patient Prefer Adherence. 2016 Apr 12;10:531-8. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S92824. eCollection 2016.   Vasbinder EC1, Belitser SV2, Souverein PC2, van Dijk L3, Vulto AG1, van den Bemt PM1. Abstract BACKGROUND: Non-adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) is a…