Although the hallmark features of asthma include reversible airflow obstruction, airway
eosinophilia, and symptoms of recurrent wheeze associated with breathlessness and cough …

Background Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, encompassing both atopic and non‐atopic
phenotypes. Diagnosis of asthma is based on the combined presence of typical symptoms …

Introduction Diagnosing asthma in children remains a challenge because respiratory
symptoms are not specific and vary over time. Aim In a real-life observational study, we …

In many healthcare settings asthma in children is a clinical diagnosis based on parental
reported symptoms. These include intermittent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness and …

Asthma is a global problem affecting millions of people all over the world. Monitoring of
asthma both in children and in adulthood is an indispensable tool for the optimal disease …

Introduction There are few data on the usefulness of different tests to diagnose asthma in
children. Aim We assessed the contribution of a detailed history and a variety of diagnostic …

The diagnosis of asthma in children under five years has been controversial due to
changing concepts of what true asthma is in this age group. Previous diagnostic algorithms …

Opinion statement An important issue in relation to the utility and reliability of biomarkers for
asthma monitoring is how asthma is defined and characterized. What kind of asthma, or at …

Background Despite increasing awareness of the National Asthma Education and
Prevention Program guidelines, the relative contribution of symptom frequency or pulmonary …

This review focuses on the methods available for measuring reversible airways obstruction,
bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and inflammation as hallmarks of asthma, and their …