Asthma in older adults (often classified as those 65 years or older) is relatively common,
underdiagnosed, and suboptimally treated. It is an important health problem, as the …

Asthma in the elderly is underdiagnosed and undertreated, and there is a paucity of
knowledge on the subject. The National Institute on Aging convened this workshop to …

Asthma is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in the geriatric population.
Despite the rising incidence of asthma in people > 65 years of age, the diagnosis is …

Asthma is a common disease affecting approximately 300 million people worldwide, across
all age ranges. Despite advances in asthma outcomes of the last few decades, there …

Allergies and asthma are diseases that affect individuals of all ages, and their prevalence is
comparable in all age groups. As age demographics in the United States and other …

OBJECTIVES: To assess the adequacy of asthma care reported by a group of older adults
who were subsequently hospitalized for their asthma. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study …

Elderly asthmatics are at a higher risk for morbidity and mortality from their asthma than
younger patients. There are important age‐related physiologic and immunologic changes …

Half the elderly individuals with asthma have not been diagnosed, yet their quality of life is
substantially impaired. Primary care physicians should, therefore, be encouraged to ask …

Asthma is a common disease with an overall prevalence in the general population of 6% to
7%[1]. A higher prevalence of disease is found in the elderly; it is estimated that 7% to 9% of …

At least 2 million US citizens over 65 years of age have asthma as a chronic disease, a
number that will rapidly increase as the population ages. We used computer-assisted …