Asthma is underdiagnosed and undertreated in older adults. The classic symptoms,
including episodic wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness, are nonspecific in this …

Physicians often fail to diagnose asthma in their older patients and instead attribute
respiratory symptoms to aging alone or to other common diseases of the elderly. Although …

Objective: The older adult population is increasing worldwide, and a significant percentage
has asthma. This review will discuss the challenges to diagnosis and management of …

Bronchial asthma is a common problem with enormous medical and economics impacts. It is
an inflammatory disease of the airways associated with intermittent episodes of …

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 has been considered a rare disease in the elderly, but recent studies have shown
that it is as common in the elderly as in the middle-aged population. Diagnosis of asthma is …

Asthma in the elderly (> 65 yr old) is common and associated with higher morbidity and
mortality than asthma in younger patients. The poor outcomes in this group are due, in part …

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 …

From the clinical perspective, asthma in the older patient may be difficult to diagnose
because of the non‐specificity of presentation and the wide range of differential diagnoses …

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that may affect individuals at any
age, and can be especially challenging to diagnose and treat in the elderly. The hallmarks of …