Background Critical examination of the quality and validity of available allergic rhinitis (AR)
literature is necessary to improve understanding and to appropriately translate this …

It has been known for more than 60 years, and suspected for over 100, that alveolar hypoxia
causes pulmonary vasoconstriction by means of mechanisms local to the lung. For the last …

Rationale: The role of airway microbiome in corticosteroid response in asthma is unknown.
Objectives: To examine airway microbiome composition in patients with corticosteroid …

OBJECTIVES: Adult obesity is linked to asthma cases and is estimated to lead to 250 000
new cases yearly. Similar incidence and attributable risk (AR) estimates have not been …

Asthma is the leading chronic disease among children in most industrialized countries.
However, the evidence base on specific aspects of pediatric asthma, including therapeutic …

Because of the difficulties of recognizing allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) in
the context of cystic fibrosis (because of overlapping clinical, radiographic, microbiologic …

Objective To determine the effectiveness of educational programmes for the self
management of asthma in children and adolescents. Data sources Databases of the …

Background Daily inhaled corticosteroids are an effective treatment for mild persistent
asthma, but some children have exacerbations even with good day-to-day control, and many …

Asthma often starts before six years of age. However, there remains uncertainty as to when
and how a preschool-age child with symptoms suggestive of asthma can be diagnosed with …

Background Apps have been enthusiastically adopted by the general public. They are
increasingly recognized by policy-makers as a potential medium for supporting self …