[PDF][PDF] Severe asthma: definition and mechanisms.

RG Stirling, KF Chung - Allergy, 2001 - academia.edu
The severe asthmatic is easily recognized, but creating an all-encompassing definition of
asthma severity has been difficult. Attempts at such definition must acknowledge the impacts …

Management of chronic rhinosinusitis in asthma patients: is there still a debate?

E Lehrer, J Mullol, F Agredo, I Alobid - Current allergy and asthma reports, 2014 - Springer
The united airway concept in which upper and lower respiratory conditions are present in
one patient requires special consideration. There is some evidence linking chronic …

Asthma severity in four countries of Latin America

H Neffen, F Moraes, K Viana, V Di Boscio… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background In Latin America, there is scarce information about severe asthma (SA)
according to the ERS/ATS 2014 criteria. This study aimed to compare the demographic …

Determinants of asthma control in tertiary level in Turkey: a cross-sectional multicenter survey

H TURkTAS, D Mungan, MA Uysal, K Oguzulgen… - Journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. Recent data demonstrate that control of asthma is far from optimal worldwide. The
aim of this study was to evaluate the level of asthma control in tertiary health services by the …

Evaluation of autologous serum skin test results in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria, allergic/non‐allergic asthma or rhinitis and healthy people

O Taskapan, A Kutlu… - Clinical and experimental …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background. Recent data indicate that the autologous serum skin test (ASST) shows a high
rate of reactivity not only in chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) but also in cases with non …

Sensitization to Alternaria and Cladosporium in Patients with Respiratory Allergy and Outdoor Counts of Mold Spores in Ankara Atmosphere, Turkey

S Bavbek, FÖ Erkekol, T Çeter, D Mungan… - Journal of …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Sensitization to Alternaria and Cladosporium has been reported to be 3% to 30% in
European countries. However, in Turkey, there is limited data about the prevalence of …

Nasal polyps and the severity of asthma

E Ceylan, M Gencer, I San - Respirology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objectives: Upper airway pathologies often accompany asthma. Because
this represents a single airway, the diagnosis, follow up and treatment of both upper and …

Direct medical cost of asthma in Ankara, Turkey

GE Çelik, S Bavbek, G Paşaoğlu, D Mungan… - Respiration, 2004 - karger.com
Background: There has been no documented data regarding the cost of asthma in our
country. Objective: In this 1-year prospective study, we aimed to determine the annual cost of …

Prevalence of aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease in patients with asthma in Turkey: a cross-sectional survey

S Bavbek, I Yılmaz, G Çelik, Ö Aydın, FÖ Erkekol… - Allergologia et …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: There are no country-based data focused on aspirin (ASA)-exacerbated
respiratory disease (AERD) in Turkey. OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of AERD in …

[HTML][HTML] A cost-of-illness study estimating the direct cost per asthma exacerbation in Turkey

S Bavbek, D Mungan, H Türktaş, Z Mısırlıgil… - Respiratory …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To calculate direct cost per asthma exacerbation at tertiary healthcare centers
across Turkey. METHODS: A total of 294 persistent asthma patients (mean age: 50.4±15.1 …