The present issue of the European Respiratory Journal publishes the results of the Asthma
Insights and Reality in Europe (AIRE) study, a large scale telephone survey assessing the …

Background: Asthma affects a large number of patients in China, but relatively little is known
about asthma management among Chinese patients. This study aims to estimate asthma …

BACKGROUND: Clinical outcomes are worse in current smokers and exsmokers with mild-
to-moderate asthma compared with never smokers, but little is known about the influence of …

Background Asthma surveys completed within the past 10 years in the Americas and the
Asia-Pacific region have shown significant underassessment of asthma severity in addition …

Failure to follow asthma management guidelines may result in poor asthma control for many
patients. The Asthma Insights and Reality in Europe (AIRE) survey, a multi-national survey …

Background The smoking prevalence in asthma patients are similar to those in the general
population. Asthma and active cigarette smoking can interact to create more severe …

Background: Studies in the last decade showed high rates of poorly treated and poorly
controlled asthma in the community. Extending these findings we describe the more recent …

Background: Little is known about asthma control and perception of asthma among
asthmatic patients on a national scale in China due to the difficulty of conducting a survey of …

Background: Despite the availability of new pharmacological options and novel
combinations of existing drug therapies, the rate of suboptimal asthma control is still high …

■ Abstract Background: The aim of asthma therapy is to achieve and maintain disease
control. Clinicians' behavior is crucial in terms of prescribing the best possible treatment …