Asthma Education and Management Programs in Canada by Robert L Cowie, Lisa Cicutto, Louis-Philippe Boulet, the Patient Education Program Committee, Canadian Network For Asthma Care

“…OBJECTIVE: To establish the number and type of asthma patient education programs throughout Canada.…”
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Role of Monoclonal Antibodies in the Treatment of Asthma by Paul M O’Byrne

“…BACKGROUND: Patients with severe refractory asthma represent a small subset of the asthmatic population (between 5% and 10% of all patients) but are the greatest burden to the health care system. …”
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Sarcoidosis Confined to the Airway Masquerading as Asthma by George Mixides, Elizabeth Guy

“…A 32-year-old white woman initially diagnosed with asthma was to undergo thyroidectomy to eliminate what was thought to be the real source of her symptoms. …”
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Perinatal Programming of Childhood Asthma: Early Fetal Size, Growth Trajectory during Infancy, and Childhood Asthma Outcomes by Steve Turner

“…Associations between reduced birth weight, rapid postnatal weight gain, and asthma suggest that there are fetal origins to respiratory disease. …”
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Comparative analysis of the Global Initiative for Asthma and the South American guidelines for the diagnosis, management and prevention of asthma in pediatric patients by Leonardo Villegas Huertas, Mikel Silva Barrios, Jean Pierre Seguier Huamán, José Vela Ruiz, Joyce Desposorio Robles, Maria del Socorro Alatrista Gutiérrez

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to carry out a comparative analysis between the Global Initiative for Asthma and the South American guidelines for the diagnosis, management and prevention of asthma in pediatric patients.…”
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Relationship between Poorly Controlled Asthma and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in Children with Asthma: A Two-Center Study by Yun Guo, Xiuqing Zhang, Feng Liu, Ling Li, Deyu Zhao, Jun Qian

“…Objective. Asthma and sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD) are common chronic respiratory diseases in children. …”
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Expression of LINC00847 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Children with Asthma and Its Prediction between Asthma Exacerbation and Remission by Jiaying Hu, Zhike Wang, Suzhen Han, Kai Chen

“…Objective. Asthma is defined as a heterogeneous disease that is usually characterized by chronic airway inflammation. …”
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Asthma Counselling Targeted to Removal of Domestic Animals by Louise Hagan, Pierre Valois, Hélène Patenaude, Hélène Boutin, Louis-Philippe Boulet, France Lafrenière

“…OBJECTIVES: To create and evaluate the efficacy of a short individualized educational intervention program, based on Prochaska’s transtheoretical model, for a six-month period in a population of adult asthma patients living with domestic animals but sensitized to these pets.…”
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Corrigendum: IL-18 biology in severe asthma by Sarita Thawanaphong, Sarita Thawanaphong, Sarita Thawanaphong, Aswathi Nair, Aswathi Nair, Emily Volfson, Emily Volfson, Parameswaran Nair, Parameswaran Nair, Manali Mukherjee, Manali Mukherjee

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Asthma in Sickle Cell Disease: Implications for Treatment by Kathryn Blake, John Lima

“…To review issues related to asthma in sickle cell disease and management strategies. …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Guidelines for Occupational Asthma by Susan M Tarlo, Louis-Philippe Boulet, André Cartier, Donald Cockcroft, Johanne Côtè, Frederick E Hargreave, Linn Holness, Gary Liss, Jean-Luc Malo, Moira Chan-Yeung

“…OBJECTIVE: To provide broad guidelines and principles to help primary care physicians, occupational physicians, allergists and respirologists with the recognition, diagnosis and management of patients with occupational asthma (OA).…”
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Symposium on Obesity and Asthma –November 2, 2006 by Louis-Philippe Boulet, Qutayba Hamid

“…Asthma and obesity are frequently associated, and obesity has been considered a factor contributing to both an increase in severity of asthma and to its development. …”
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Virus Infection-Induced Bronchial Asthma Exacerbation by Mutsuo Yamaya

“…Infection with respiratory viruses, including rhinoviruses, influenza virus, and respiratory syncytial virus, exacerbates asthma, which is associated with processes such as airway inflammation, airway hyperresponsiveness, and mucus hypersecretion. …”
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Factors Associated with the Appropriate Use of Asthma Drugs by Marie-Sophie Jobin, Jocelyne Moisan, Yves Bolduc, Eileen Dorval, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Jean-Pierre Grégoire

“…BACKGROUND: When used properly, asthma drugs can reduce asthma-related morbidity and mortality.…”
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Importance of diet in children and adolescents with obesity and asthma by Monika Soczewka, Andrzej Kędzia, Bogda Skowrońska, Elżbieta Niechciał

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Is There a Role for Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Treatment of Asthma? by Louis-Philippe Boulet, Michel Laviolette

“…This intervention has been shown to reduce asthma exacerbations, and improve asthma control and quality of life over a three-year period without significant complications up to a five-year period. …”
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Adult Asthma Consensus Guidelines Update 2003 by Catherine Lemière, Tony Bai, Meyer Balter, Charles Bayliff, Allan Becker, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Dennis Bowie, André Cartier, Andrew Cave, Kenneth Chapman, Robert Cowie, Stephen Coyle, Donald Cockcroft, Francine M Ducharme, Pierre Ernst, Shelagh Finlayson, J Mark FitzGerald, Frederick E Hargreave, Donna Hogg, Alan Kaplan, Harold Kim, Cheryle Kelm, Paul O’Byrne, Malcolm Sears, Andrea White Markham, on behalf of the Canadian Adult Consensus Group of the Canadian Thoracic Society

“…BACKGROUND: Several sets of Canadian guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma have been published over the past 15 years. …”
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Asthma and obesity increase inflammatory markers in children by Harshita Shailesh, Safa Noor, Lena Hayati, Antonisamy Belavendra, Nicholas Van Panhuys, Abdul Badi Abou-Samra, Stefan Worgall, Ibrahim Janahi, Ibrahim Janahi

Subjects: “…asthma…”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Severe Asthma Treatment. by Eddy Pereira Valdes, Moisés Santos Peña, Belkys Rodríguez Llerena

“…Clinical Practice Guidelines for Severe Asthma Treatment. This disease is characterized by an overreaction of the tracheobronchial tree with hyperactivity after certain stimulus consisting of a diffuse narrowing of the respiratory ways related with an excessive contraction of the bronchial smooth muscle, hyper-secretion of mucus and mucosa edema. …”
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Potential Involvement of IL-17F in Asthma by Kyoko Ota, Mio Kawaguchi, Satoshi Matsukura, Masatsugu Kurokawa, Fumio Kokubu, Junichi Fujita, Yuko Morishima, Shau-Ku Huang, Yukio Ishii, Hiroaki Satoh, Nobuyuki Hizawa

“…In a case-control study of 867 unrelated Japanese subjects, a His161 to Arg161 (H161R) substitution in the third exon of the IL-17F gene was associated with asthma. In atopic patients with asthma, prebronchodilator baseline FEV1/FVC values showed a significant association with the H161R variant. …”
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