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…

  Roland Buhl, Stephanie Korn, Andrew Menzies-Gow, Michel Aubier, Kenneth R. Chapman, Giorgio W. Canonica, César Picado, Nicolas Martin, Ramon Aguiar Escobar, Stephan Korom, Nicola A. Hanania. Open Access DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2016.04.001…

BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2016 16:48 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-016-0212-6 Lin Fritschi, Julie Crewe, Ellie Darcey, Alison Reid, Deborah C. Glass, Geza P. Benke, Tim Driscoll,…

RESEARCH – OPEN ACCESS Astrid Crespo-Lessmann, Eder Mateus,, Silvia Vidal, David Ramos Barbón, Montserrat Torrejón, Jordi Giner, Lorena Soto, Cándido Juárez and Vicente Plaza Respiratory Research201617:41 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-016-0355-2 Abstract Background Emerging data suggest that innate immunity may play a role in asthma, particularly the toll-like receptors (TLRs). Some studies…

Among people with asthma, lower socioeconomic status, education level, and ethnic minority status clearly have undesirable effects on their care and outcomes. Patients with severe disease who attend county (public)…

Among people with asthma, lower socioeconomic status, education level, and ethnic minority status clearly have undesirable effects on their care and outcomes. Patients with severe disease who attend county (public)…

Just Accepted by Journal of Asthma DOI:10.3109/02770903.2016.1145691 Iván Cherrez Ojeda MD, MScab*, Juan Carlos Calderon MDb, José Mori MDc, Darío Colombaro MDd, Fulvio Braido MDe, Edwin SoriaMDf & Annia Cherrez MDb Abstract Objective: To investigate and compare how Latin American physicians rate themselves on…