Diagnosis and management of asthma in adults: a review

JL McCracken, SP Veeranki, BT Ameredes… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Asthma affects about 7.5% of the adult population. Evidence-based diagnosis,
monitoring, and treatment can improve functioning and quality of life in adult patients with …

Putting the efficacy of psychiatric and general medicine medication into perspective: review of meta-analyses

S Leucht, S Hierl, W Kissling, M Dold… - The British Journal of …, 2012 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe efficacy of psychopharmacological treatments has been called into
question. Psychiatrists are unfamiliar with the effectiveness of common medical drugs …

Clinical practice guideline: hoarseness (dysphonia)(update)

RJ Stachler, DO Francis, SR Schwartz… - … –Head and Neck …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on treating patients
who present with dysphonia, which is characterized by altered vocal quality, pitch, loudness …

Clinical practice guideline: hoarseness (dysphonia)

SR Schwartz, SM Cohen, SH Dailey… - … –Head and Neck …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on managing
hoarseness (dysphonia), defined as a disorder characterized by altered vocal quality, pitch …

Outpatient respiratory management of infants, children, and adolescents with post-prematurity respiratory disease: an official American Thoracic Society clinical …

AI Cristea, CL Ren, R Amin, LC Eldredge… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Background: Premature birth affects millions of neonates each year, placing them at risk for
respiratory disease due to prematurity. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is the most common …

Oral prednisolone for preschool children with acute virus-induced wheezing

J Panickar, M Lakhanpaul, PC Lambert… - … England Journal of …, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Attacks of wheezing induced by upper respiratory viral infections are common
in preschool children between the ages of 10 months and 6 years. A short course of oral …

Long‐acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA) added to combination long‐acting beta2‐agonists and inhaled corticosteroids (LABA/ICS) versus LABA/ICS for adults …

KM Kew, K Dahri - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Maintenance treatment with long‐acting beta 2‐agonists and inhaled
corticosteroids (LABA/ICS) can relieve asthma symptoms and reduce the frequency of …

Addition of long‐acting beta2‐agonists to inhaled steroids versus higher dose inhaled steroids in adults and children with persistent asthma

FM Ducharme, MN Chroinin… - Cochrane Database …, 2010 - cochranelibrary.com
Background In asthmatic patients inadequately controlled on inhaled corticosteroids and/or
those with moderate persistent asthma, two main options are recommended: the …

Data extraction errors in meta-analyses that use standardized mean differences

PC Gøtzsche, A Hróbjartsson, K Marić, B Tendal - Jama, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
ContextMeta-analysis of trials that have used different continuous or rating scales to record
outcomes of a similar nature requires sophisticated data handling and data transformation to …

Addition of long‐acting beta2‐agonists to inhaled corticosteroids versus same dose inhaled corticosteroids for chronic asthma in adults and children

FM Ducharme, MN Chroinin… - Cochrane Database …, 2010 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Long‐acting inhaled ß 2‐adrenergic agonists (LABAs) are recommended as'
add‐on'medication to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in the maintenance therapy of asthmatic …