Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy Does Not Control Asthma by Robert L Cowie, Margot F Underwood, Stephen K Field

“…BACKGROUND: Randomized clinical trials demonstrate efficacy and show that inhaled corticosteroid therapy can control asthma, but details concerning their effectiveness in achieving this goal in the community are lacking.…”
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Asthma in the Workplace: A Canadian Contribution and Perspective by Jean-Luc Malo, Moira Chan-Yeung

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Development of Asthma Mouse Model By Dermal Sensitization by Isameldin Abdalla, Amir A. Bashir

Subjects: “…asthma…”
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Clinical advances on Bronchial Asthma. Changing perceptions. by Iris González Morales, Dianelis Sierra Martínez, Beatriz Home López Viera

“…Bronchial Asthma brepresents an important health problem worlwide due to the increment of its incidence in the last years. …”
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Cigarette Smoking and Asthma: A Dangerous Mix by Catherine Lemiere, Louis-Philippe Boulet

“…Smoking is as common in those suffering from asthma as it is in the general population. However, most studies on the pathophysiology of asthma and its response to treatment only include nonsmokers. …”
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The Clinical Significance of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Asthma by Sachin Pendharkar, Sanjay Mehta

“…Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways, for which many therapeutic options are available. …”
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Bronchial asthma in elderlies: an approach to this issue in Cuba by Marisela Pérez Pacaréu, Alina de la Caridad González Paredes, Julio Romero Cabrera, Nivia Ramirez López, Idalis Álvarez Toledo, Vivian Macías Carrera

“…Bronchial asthma is considered a health problem given its high prevalence: about 10% of the Cuban population suffers from it. …”
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Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Asthma by Elizabeth F Juniper

“…In addition, both adults and children with asthma are concerned about having asthma, fearful of not having their medications when they need them and frightened of having an asthma attack. …”
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Gastroesophageal Reflux and Asthma: Can the Paradox Be Explained? by Stephen K Field

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The reported effects of asthma on gastroesophageal reflux (GER), effects of GER on asthma and the effects of antireflux therapy on asthma are conflicting. …”
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Statins in Asthma: Potential Beneficial Effects and Limitations by Dipanjan Bhattacharjee, Bharti Chogtu, Rahul Magazine

“…Asthma’s sustenance as a global pandemic, across centuries, can be attributed to the lack of an understanding of its workings and the inability of the existing treatment modalities to provide a long lasting cure without major adverse effects. …”
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Asthma in Primary Care: Making Guidelines Work by Wayne Putnam, Fred Burge, Sue Tatemichi, Peter Twohig

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine the views of family physicians regarding selected asthma recommendations from a Canadian practice guideline and the supporting evidence, and to identify issues needing further development if family physicians are to find guideline recommendations to be truly useful clinical tools.…”
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Canadian Asthma Consensus Conference Summary of Recommendations by Pierre Ernst, J Mark Fitzgerald, Sheldon Spier

“…The Asthma Committee of the Canadian Thoracic Society invited a group of Canadian physicians with a particular interest in asthma to meet in Montebello, Quebec, March 9-12, 1995 to arrive at a consensus statement on the optimal approach to the management of asthma in the pediatric and adult ambulatory care settings. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Small Airway Function in Differentiating Cough-Variant Asthma from Typical Asthma by Yanqi Wang, Lixuan Zhao, Fang Chen, Yufeng Guo, Hongxia Ma, Baofen Han, Jiang Yi, Xiaomei Kong

“…To explore the diagnostic value of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), small airway function, and a combined of both in differentiating cough-variant asthma (CVA) from typical asthma (TA). Methods. A total of 206 asthma subjects, including 104 CVA and 102 TA, were tested for pulmonary function, bronchial provocation test and FeNO. …”
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Towards Excellence in Asthma Management: Final Report of an Eight-Year Program Aimed at Reducing Care Gaps in Asthma Management in Quebec by Louis-Philippe Boulet, Eileen Dorval, Manon Labrecque, Michel Turgeon, Terrence Montague, Robert L Thivierge

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Asthma care in Canada and around the world persistently falls short of optimal treatment. …”
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CAD-Q (COPD-Asthma Differentiation Questionnaire): Performance of a new diagnostic score to differentiate between COPD and asthma in adults by Alejandra Lozano-Forero, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, Alirio R. Bastidas, Blanka Pacheco, Juan Cordero, Kamil Faizal, Miguel Molina, Irma Méndez, Andrés Cardona, Nicoll Navarro, Gabriela Bonilla, Manuela Franco, Juan Samboní, Julio de La Hoz, Georgina Doumat, David Portilla, Hannah Eljach

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Role of Adult Asthma Education in Improving Asthma Control and Reducing Emergency Room Utilization and Hospital Admissions in an Inner City Hospital by Rashmi Mishra, Muhammad Kashif, Sindhaghatta Venkatram, Teresa George, Kristina Luo, Gilda Diaz-Fuentes

“…Objective. Asthma education programs have been shown to decrease healthcare utilization and improve disease control and management. …”
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Factors Associated with Poor Asthma Control among Sudanese Patients Attending Atbara Teaching Hospital in Sudan by Hadeel Kareem Aladdin, Sufian Khalid Mohammed Noor, Amro Mohamed Fagir Farah, Sara Elamin Bushara

Subjects: “…poor asthma control…”
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Development and pilot testing of a mobile health solution for asthma self-management: Asthma action plan smartphone application pilot study by Christopher J Licskai, Todd W Sands, Madonna Ferrone

“…BACKGROUND: Collaborative self-management is a core recommendation of national asthma guidelines; the written action plan is the knowledge tool that supports this objective. …”
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Environmental allergen exposure and asthma: prospects for primary prevention by Adnan Custovic, Ashley Woodcock

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Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents in the Treatment of Asthma in Children by Pierre Gaudreault

“…The increasing scientific information clearly demonstrates the important role of inflammation in asthma. This evidence has led physicians to focus their treatment on the elimination of inflammation instead of working solely against bronchoconstriction. …”
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