Smoking and asthma: dangerous liaisons

R Polosa, NC Thomson - European respiratory journal, 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Cigarette smoking and asthma interact to induce important adverse effects on clinical,
prognostic and therapeutic outcomes. This review examines recent evidence on the harmful …

Clinical outcomes and inflammatory biomarkers in current smokers and exsmokers with severe asthma

NC Thomson, R Chaudhuri, LG Heaney… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Emerging therapies for severe asthma

NC Thomson, R Chaudhuri, M Spears - BMC medicine, 2011 - Springer
Many patients with asthma have poorly controlled symptoms, and particularly for those with
severe disease, there is a clear need for improved treatments. Two recent therapies licensed …

Low sputum MMP-9/TIMP ratio is associated with airway narrowing in smokers with asthma

R Chaudhuri, C McSharry, J Brady… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Asthmatic smokers have poor symptom control and accelerated decline in lung function. A
reduced ratio of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9/tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships between high-resolution computed tomographic features and lung function trajectory in patients with asthma

JH Kim, KE Shin, HS Chang, JU Lee… - Allergy, Asthma & …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose A subset of asthmatics suffers from persistent airflow limitation, known as
remodeled asthma, despite optimal treatment. Typical quantitative scoring methods to …

Asthma guidelines and smokers: it's time to be inclusive

NC Thomson, M Spears - Chest, 2012 - journal.chestnet.org
1. Guyatt GH, Akl EA, Crowther M, Gutterman DD, Schünemann HJ; for the Antithrombotic
Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis Panel. Executive summary: antithrombotic therapy …

Cysteinyl leukotrienes in exhaled breath condensate of smoking asthmatics

D Celik, S Doruk, H Inonu Koseoglu… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2013 - degruyter.com
Abstract Background: Cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs) are among important inflammatory
mediators in asthma pathogenesis. In this study, we aimed to determine leukotriene D4 …

[PDF][PDF] Adherence to Asthma Control Measures Among Adults: An Assessment of Patient-Based Factors Among Patients in Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Kenya

H Kagwaini, CS Mwenda, EG Ogugu - World Wide Journal of …, 2020 - wwjmrd.com
Non-adherence to asthma control measures arises from different factors such as
unintentional nonadherence whereby patients may be faced with financial constrains to …

[PDF][PDF] NASKAH PUBLIKASI HUBUNGAN ANTARA PAPARAN ASAP ROKOK DAN FREKUENSI TERJADINYA EKSASERBASI ASMA PADA PASIEN ASMA YANG …

R SOEDARSO - academia.edu
Background: The number of asthma patients in the world is still high. Indonesia was on 6th
in the world for the most male smoker. High number of active smoker in Indoseia caused …