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Global prevalence of asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Review – Open Access Mostafa Hosseini, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Mahdi Sepidarkish & Saman Maroufizadeh Respiratory Research volume 20, Article number: 229 (2019) Abstract Background Asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) is a term that encompasses patients with features of both asthma and COPD. To…

The association between e-cigarette use and asthma among never combustible cigarette smokers: behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) 2016 & 2017

Research article – Open Access – Open Peer Review BMC Pulmonary Medicine Albert D. Osei, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Olusola A. Orimoloye, Omar Dzaye, S. M. Iftekhar Uddin, Zeina A. Dardari, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Aruni Bhatnagar & Michael J. Blaha BMC Pulmonary Medicine volume 19,…

Management of Severe Asthma: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society Guideline

Fernando Holguin, Juan Carlos Cardet, Kian Fan Chung, Sarah Diver, Diogenes S. Ferreira, Anne Fitzpatrick, Mina Gaga, Liz Kellermeyer, Sandhya Khurana, Shandra Knight, Vanessa M. McDonald, Rebecca L. Morgan, Victor E. Ortega, David Rigau, Padmaja Subbarao, Thomy Tonia, Ian M. Adcock, Eugene R. Bleecker, Chris Brightling, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Michael Cabana, Mario Castro, Pascal Chanez, Adnan Custovic, Ratko Djukanovic, Urs Frey, Betty Frankemolle, Peter Gibson, Dominique Hamerlijnck, Nizar Jarjour, Satoshi Konno, Huahao Shen, Cathy Vitary, Andy Bush European Respiratory Journal 2019; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00588-2019 Abstract This document provides clinical recommendations for the management of severe asthma. Comprehensive evidence syntheses, including meta-analyses, were…

Characteristics of patients admitted to emergency department for asthma attack: a real-LIFE study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine  Research article – OPEN – Open Peer Review Laura Losappio, Enrico Heffler, Rossella Carpentiere, Monica Fornero, Cosimo Damiano Cannito, Francesco Guerrera, Francesca Puggioni, Riccardo Monti, Stefania Nicola, Giovanni Rolla & Luisa Brussino BMC Pulmonary Medicine volume 19, Article number: 107 (2019)  Abstract Background Asthma is a…