[PDF] Top 20 Asthma control cost-utility randomized trial evaluation (ACCURATE): the goals of asthma treatment

... persistent asthma from general practices with a practice nurse, age 18-50 yr, daily treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (more then 3 months usage of inhaled corticosteroids in the previous year), will be ... See full document

... of treatment in asthma is allowing the child to have a life with normal pulmonary ...determine asthma severity along with clinical symptoms and medi- cation ...the goals of asthma ... See full document

... Global Evaluation of Treatment Effectiveness; GINA, Global Initiative for Asthma; HCP, health care provider; HCRU, health care resource utiliza- tion; HMO, health maintenance organization; ICS, ... See full document

... Epidemiology: Asthma is a common medical condition that affects 300 million people worldwide and 25 million people in United States with that number expected to ...that asthma usually affects 5-16% of the ... See full document

... of asthma control. The short duration of treatment with atorvastatin may have missed an effect on clinical or inflammatory ...whether treatment with statins influence outcome measures such as ... See full document

... in asthma control; this will also poten- tially reduce the risk for atopic disease in ...of asthma. The findings from our study will inform the development of asthma management resources for ... See full document

... So far, all involved study participants for the paediatric arm were recruited in participating hospital centres and private practices of registered paediatricians in the re- gions of Luebeck, Hannover, Munich, and for ... See full document

... If asthma control deteriorates and zone 2 of the asthma plan is activated, an additional post-activation visit is required after the 14-day Asthma Diary Card has been ...allocated ... See full document

... to asthma and pregnancy and, afterwards, to filter out the articles falling outside the scope of the present ...terms asthma, asthma-like symptoms, asthma severity, airway hyperresponsiveness, ... See full document

... uncontrolled asthma patients on high-dose steroid therapy, with ex- cellent results in terms of asthma control and significant decrease in peripheral eosinophilia ...(CEP), asthma, allergic ... See full document

... The cognitive test assured that the questionnaire was adequately understood by both children and caregivers and allowed to improve words and expressions that were not sufficiently clear. This was a fundamental step in ... See full document

... influence asthma control and possible triggers must be adequately addressed [3, 4, ...influence asthma control, such as environmental exposures, comorbid conditions, treatment adherence ... See full document

... in asthma [40, 41] thus increased education for primary care physicians should be prioritised, particularly in regards to the practices advised in current global and local guidelines for asthma manage- ... See full document

... Despite the fact the treatment groups were ran- domly constituted, the number of emergency room visits in the year previous to the initiation of the program among children in the control[r] ... See full document

... are scored on a 0 to 6 point scale. Low scores show a better control of asthma. A written permission was obtained from the original editor of the tool in order to use it in the current study. It was ... See full document

... with asthma were allergic rhinitis 46% followed by gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD ...bronchial asthma are considered as one airway and one ...have asthma also have coexisting allergic ... See full document

... and evaluation of asthma control ...investigate asthma symptoms that reveal the presence of in- adequately controlled ...with asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroid(s) (ICS) alone ... See full document

... Two treatment regimens for the initial treat- ment of acute asthma in 50 patients between the ages of 12 and 20 years seen in the emergency room were eval-.. vated.[r] ... See full document

... domized control trial designs that evaluated inhaled furosemide in conjunction with standard treatments in patients experiencing asthma attacks [1-6] (Figure 1); a total of 78 patients received ... See full document

... to asthma and were developed using considerable patient input [33, ...economic evaluation, the dimensions of the EQ-5D are intended to be general, both in concept and applicability, and would not be ... See full document