Effectiveness of bronchial thermoplasty in patients with severe refractory asthma: clinical and histopathological correlations
JACI Journal Club Asthma is a disease in which the airways of the lung become very sensitive to certain triggers, leading to spasms, in turn causing shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing. The ultimate cause of asthma is unclear, but it has been shown in previous studies that there is remodeling of the airways in […]
Association between rhinovirus wheezing illness and the development of childhood asthma: a meta-analysis
Respiratory medicine Research Lu Liu, Yilin Pan, Yanting Zhu, Yang Song, Xiaofan Su, Lan Yang, Manxiang Li Author affiliations: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, PR ChinaCorrespondence to Dr Manxiang Li; manxiangli@hotmail.com Abstract Objective The relation between early-life rhinovirus (RV) wheezing illness and later onset of wheezing/asthma remains a subject of debate. Therefore, we conducted […]
Social media use for occupational lung disease
Harber, Philip; Leroy, Gondy Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology: April 2017 – Volume 17 – Issue 2 – p 72–77 doi: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000345 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE: Edited by Susan M. Tarlo and Piero Maestrelli INTRODUCTION The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) revolutionized information and data availability. The early WWW was one-directional; information […]
Obstructive sleep apnoea accelerates FEV1 decline in asthmatic patients
BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 201717:55 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-017-0398-2 Tsai-Yu Wang, Yu-Lun Lo, Shu-Min Lin et al. Abstract Background Although the prevalence of both obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and asthma are both increasing, little is known about the impact of OSA on the natural history of lung function in asthmatic patients. […]
Addition of anti-leukotriene agents to inhaled corticosteroids for adults and adolescents with persistent asthma
Bhupendrasinh F Chauhan, Maya M Jeyaraman, Amrinder Singh Mann, Justin Lys, Ahmed M Abou-Setta, Ryan Zarychanski, Francine M Ducharme Abstract Background Asthma management guidelines recommend low-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) as first-line therapy for adults and adolescents with persistent asthma. The addition of anti-leukotriene agents to ICS offers a therapeutic option in cases of suboptimal […]
Reslizumab and Eosinophilic Asthma: One Step Closer to Precision Medicine?
Front. Immunol. | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00242 Gilda Varricchi1,2, Gianenrico Senna3, Stefania Loffredo1,2, Diego Bagnasco4, Matteo Ferrando4 and Giorgio Walter Canonica5* 1Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy2Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy3Asthma Center and Allergy Unit, Verona University, General Hospital, Verona, […]
Natural killer cell–mediated inflammation resolution is disabled in severe asthma
RESEARCH ARTICLE ASTHMA Melody G. Duvall1,2, Cindy Barnig3, Manuela Cernadas1, Isabell Ricklefs1, Nandini Krishnamoorthy1, Nicole L. Grossman1, Nirav R. Bhakta4, John V. Fahy4, Eugene R. Bleecker5, Mario Castro6, Serpil C. Erzurum7, Benjamin M. Gaston8, Nizar N. Jarjour9, David T. Mauger10, Sally E. Wenzel11, Suzy A. Comhair7, Andrea M. Coverstone12, Merritt L. Fajt11, Annette T. Hastie5, […]
Asthma Research and Practice – Submission guidelines
Submission guidelines Our 3-step submission process Before you submit Now you’ve identified a journal to submit to, there are a few things you should be familiar with before you submit. Make sure you are submitting to the most suitable journal – Aims and scope Understand the costs and funding options – Fees and funding Make […]
Inhaled Corticosteroid Claims and Outpatient Visits After Hospitalization for Asthma Among Commercially Insured Children
Acad Pediatr. 2017 Mar;17(2):212-217. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.10.016. Andrews AL, Bundy DG, Simpson KN, Teufel RJ 2nd, Harvey J, Simpson AN. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine rates of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) claims and outpatient follow-up after asthma hospitalization among commercially insured children. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of children hospitalized for asthma using 2013 national Truven MarketScan data. Covariates […]
Japanese guidelines for adult asthma 2017☆
Masakazu Ichinose, Hisatoshi Sugiura, Hiroyuki Nagase, Masao Yamaguchi, Hiromasa Inoue, Hironori Sagara, Jun Tamaoki, Yuji Tohda, Mitsuru Munakata, Kohei Yamauchi, Ken Ohta, The Japanese Society of Allergology Open Access DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alit.2016.12.005 Open access funded by Japanese Society of Allergology Article Info Abstract Adult bronchial asthma is characterized by chronic airway inflammation, and presents clinically with variable airway […]