Asthma is diagnosed on the basis of respiratory symptoms of wheeze, cough, chest
tightness, and/or dyspnea together with physiologic evidence of variable expiratory airflow …

Asthma is extremely common with a prevalence of approximately 10% in Europe. It presents
with symptoms which have a broad differential diagnosis and examination can be entirely …

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 …

Objectives: To provide physicians with current guidelines for the diagnosis and optimal
management of asthma in children and adults, including pregnant women and the elderly, in …

Objectives—Little is known about the quality of clinical care provided outside the hospital
sector, despite the increasingly important role of clinical generalists working in primary care …

In the past, asthma was considered mainly as a childhood disease. However, asthma is an
important cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly nowadays. In addition, the burden of …

STUDY OBJECTIVE Studies have indicated that women are more vulnerable to the effect of
tobacco smoking compared with men. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of …

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 …

Rationale: The asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome
(ACOS) occurs in patients with fixed airway obstruction that defines COPD and with …

Pulmonary disease prevalence increases with age and contributes to morbidity and mortality
in older patients. Dyspnea in older patients is often ascribed to multiple etiologies such as …