Persistent asthma
Ethnic Variability in Persistent Asthma After In Utero Tobacco Exposure
... with persistent asthma had a higher odds of expo- sure to in utero tobacco smoke, but not current tobacco smoke, than did children with intermittent asthma (odds ratio [OR]: ...daily asthma ...
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Comparison of heat sensitive moxibustion versus fluticasone/salmeterol (seretide) combination in the treatment of chronic persistent asthma: design of a multicenter randomized controlled trial
... adult asthma. Those with persistent asthma are usually not well controlled without inhaled corticosteroids ...better asthma control and reduce exacerbation risks ...controlling asthma ...
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Efficacy and compliance of montelukast as prophylaxis in mild persistent asthma
... Bronchial Asthma is characterized by hyperresponsiveness of airways to various ...of asthma therapy are to control asthma so that the affected child can lead a normal life without asthma ...
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Cost of persistent asthma in Italy
... of persistent asthma patients in the perspective of the Italian NHS and the broad Italian ...from persistent atopic or non- atopic asthma of both genders; age > 18 years; the avail- ability ...
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Failure to refill essential prescription medications for asthma among pediatric Medicaid beneficiaries with persistent asthma
... Abstract: The problem of patients not taking medications as prescribed, also known as “lack of medication adherence,” is widely discussed as an issue related to suboptimal outcomes and excess health care expenditure. ...
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Demographic disparities in patient-reported use of inhaled corticosteroids among patients with persistent asthma
... The study confirmed the findings from existing literature about the underuse of ICSs among patients with persistent asthma despite the strong recommendations from national guidelines. The study population ...
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A Multiple-dosing, Placebo-controlled Study of Budesonide Inhalation Suspension Given Once or Twice Daily for Treatment of Persistent Asthma in Young Children and Infants
... of asthma symptom scores and use of rescue med- ication, and discontinuation from the study because of worsening asthma and/or a requirement for systemic ste- ...
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Rates of asthma attacks in patients with previously inadequately controlled mild asthma treated in clinical practice with combination drug therapy: an exploratory post-hoc analysis
... mild persistent asthma and con- comitant allergic rhinitis, in three European countries (Italy, Spain, and Poland) from January 1, 1998 to December 31, ...mild persistent asthma, in which two ...
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Methylomic markers of persistent childhood asthma: a longitudinal study of asthma-discordant monozygotic twins
... age-10 persistent- asthma DMPs (P < ...ranked persistent-asthma ...with asthma persist- ing through adolescence is not detectable in very early ...our persistent-asthma ...
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Parameters of lung inflammation in asthmatic as compared to healthy children in a contaminated city
... All data are expressed as means ± SEM or as median and 95% CI according to their normal distribution. Comparison of demographic and clinical data was performed using chi square or Student’ s t test according to the type ...
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Profile of ciclesonide for the maintenance treatment of asthma
... reducing asthma symptoms, and reducing or eliminating the need for oral corticosteroids ...severe asthma dependent on OCSs and high doses of ICSs were able to achieve greater asthma control and ...
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Pragmatic research and outcomes in asthma and COPD
... Abstract: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common diseases which cause patients and society considerable ...in asthma and COPD a ...to asthma and COPD care in the real-life ...
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“Inferiority Complex” for a Reason
... in patients with the lower level of severity, fluticasone could not show its superiority because improvement of outcome measures reaches a plateau (the same for flu- ticasone and montelukast), showing noninferiority in ...
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Current recommendations for the treatment of mild asthma
... Mild asthma is still a considerable concern given that it com- prises the largest number of asthma patients and because of the economic burden it places on health care ...mild persistent ...
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Bronchial asthma is associated with increased risk of chronic kidney disease
... 2354 asthma patients from a retrospective cohort in China indicates that there is ...of persistent asthma has independent, higher risk of CKD than the non-persistent ...of asthma > ...
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Azithromycin as an add-on treatment for persistent uncontrolled asthma in adults: protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis
... A 2012 randomised controlled trial (RCT) reports that compared with a placebo, 500 mg of azithromycin three times weekly for 6 months reduced the rate of event- based asthma exacerbations by 0.98 per person and ...
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Influence of viral infection on the relationships between airway cytokines and lung function in asthmatic children
... of asthma severity on the response to viral ...moderate-to-severe persistent asthma compared to subjects less severe disease, and in many cases viral-induced increases in cytokine level were ...
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Omalizumab: an anti-immunoglobulin E antibody for the treatment of allergic respiratory diseases
... ALLERGIC ASTHMA Patients with severe persistent asthma, who are poorly controlled by LABAs and ICS despite optimal compliance to treatment, are at a risk of frequent exacerbations and ...improve ...
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Comparative study of inhaled steroids versus inhaled steroids plus long acting beta agonists in childhood asthma: a randomized controlled study
... moderate persistent asthma provided better asthma control in the study ...whose asthma is not controlled on low to high doses of inhaled ...moderate persistent asthma as compared ...
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Original Article The prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux in asthmatic children
... bronchial asthma is one of ...moderate persistent or severe persistent asthma and to evaluate the clinical response of asthma to anti-reflux ...to asthma and those related to ...
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