The common disease asthma is probably not a single disease, but rather a complex of
multiple, separate syndromes that overlap. Although clinicians have recognised these …

Asthma affects approximately 300 million individuals worldwide. Medications comprise a
substantial portion of asthma expenditures. Despite the availability of three primary …

Rationale: Glucocorticoids (GCs) are highly effective in the treatment of asthma. However,
some individuals have GC-insensitive asthma. Objectives: To evaluate the functional …

BACKGROUND: Outcome data are needed to base recommendations for controller asthma
medication use in school-aged children. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine …

BACKGROUND: Children with severe asthma have persistent symptoms despite treatment
with inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs). The differentiating features of severe asthma in children …

Neue Erkenntnisse in der Diagnostik und Therapie des Asthmas machen eine Neufassung
der Empfehlungen der Deutschen Atemwegsliga zur Asthma− Behandlung notwendig. So …

Objective To evaluate the complementary roles of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) and spirometry
to predict asthma exacerbations requiring one or more tapering courses of systemic …

Background: The prognostic role of low sputum eosinophils in steroid-naïve, symptomatic
asthmatic patients is controversial. Aim: To verify whether low sputum eosinophils predict …

BACKGROUND: Persistently low levels of lung function are associated with subsequent
symptoms in patients with asthma as children. OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that objective …

Inhaled corticosteroids are the most effective therapy for chronic persistent asthma and have
a role in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However …