asthma controluncontrolled asthmasevere asthmadifficult-to-treat asthmaIntroduction. The most recent guidelines on asthma management advocate a treatment strategy based on control of the disease rather than severity, a switch based on reported evidence. Aims. This observational, questionnaire-based study ...
ACQ Asthma Control QuestionnaireAQLQ Asthma Quality of Life QuestionnaireATS American Thoracic SocietyERS European Respiratory SocietyFEV1 Forced expiratory volume in 1 sGERD Gastroesophageal reflux diseaseCriteria of asthma severity and control lack standardization. to compare classifications of asthma severity ...
Severe asthma in adults: What are the important questions? The term severe refractory asthma (SRA) in adults applies to patients who remain difficult to control despite extensive re-evaluation of diagnosis and mana... Pascal Chanez MD, PhD a,Sally E. Wenzel MD b,Gary P. Anderson PhD c,....
se·vere′ly adv. se·vere′ness n. Synonyms: severe, stern1, austere, ascetic, strict These adjectives mean unsparing and exacting with respect to discipline or control. Severe implies adherence to rigorous standards or high principles and often suggests harshness: "Praise or blame has but a ...
Doctors don’t know why some people get severe asthma attacks. It may be more likely if: You don’t often see your doctor, so yourasthmaisn’t under good control. You come in contact with yourasthma triggersor things you’re allergic to. ...
Among them, cluster 3 was characterized by low eosinophil counts, low periostin levels, and less frequent olfactory disturbance, and this cluster had the worst asthma control. Conclusions Japanese patients with severe asthma were divided into well-controlled and not-well controlled asthma, and we ...
2 Asthma control denotes the degree to which the clinical manifestations of asthma are minimized, and asthma severity alludes to the intrinsic intensity of the disease process. Severity and control are distinct entities, as one patient may have mild asthma that is treatment refractory and ...
Asthma is a heterogeneous inflammatory disease. Most patients respond to current standard of care, i.e., bronchodilators, inhaled glucocorticosteroids and other anti-inflammatory drugs, but in some adequate asthma control cannot be achieved with standard treatments. These difficult-to-treat patients ...
Moderate or severe persistent asthma means you have asthma symptoms every day. You may also need to use your rescue inhaler daily to treat shortness of breath. Your normal activities are affected by wheezing, shortness of breath, or chest tightness. You have frequent flare-ups when your ...
billion.AStudyofSevereAsthmainCanadaSevereAsthma:TheCanadianPatientJourney,astudyoverseenbyapanelofacademicsandconductedandpublishedbytheAsthmaSocietyofCanada,examinedSApatientsinthreeprovincestodeterminetheirexperienceswithSA,thehealthcaresystem,medicationadherenceandcourseoftreatment.Thestudymadeseveralimportantdiscoveries...