Join WAO at Interasma for the COSA Symposium
Join WAO at Interasma for the COSA Symposium: Approaches to Severe Asthma. WAO experts will present on severe asthma during Interasma’s World Congress on Asthma (WCA) in Madrid, Spain, on 14 March 2016 from 16:30 to 18:00. Prof Lanny Rosenwasser will speak on “Cytokine Families and Receptors as Treatment Targets in Severe Asthma”. Prof Ignacio […]
GINA will be present in the WCA 2016
XXIII World Congress of AsthmaMarch 12 – 15, 2016 Madrid Spain Madrid is hosting the World Congress of Asthma, organized by the Global Asthma Association / Interasma from March 12 to 15, 2016, at Melia Castilla hotel. The World Congress on Asthma (WCA 2016) will review the key findings from recent research on […]
Dosing of European sublingual immunotherapy maintenance solutions relative to monthly recommended dosing of subcutaneous immunotherapy
Allergy and Asthma Proceedings ISSN: 1088-5412, Online ISSN: 1539-6304 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2500/aap.2016.37.3907 Volume 37, Issue 1, pages 50–56 Copyright © 2016, OceanSide Publications, Inc., U.S.A. Désirée E. Larenas-Linnemann, M.D.; Ralph Mösges, M.D., Ph.D. From the Department of Allergy, Hospital Médica Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, and Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology Center of Investigation and Statistics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany […]
World Congress of Asthma 2016. Madrid, March 12-15. General Information.
Congress Venue Meliá Castilla Calle del Capitán Haya, 43 Madrid 28020 Spain Climate and Dress Code Madrid and its metropolitan area has a Mediterranean climate with continental influences, with mild cool winters and hot summers. The average temperature in March it varies from +8oC (46oF) to +20oC (60oF). The Spanish capital is in the center […]
The following new article has just been published in Asthma Research and Practice
Research Once-daily fluticasone furoate/vilanterol versus twice daily combination therapies in asthma–mixed treatment comparisons of clinical efficacy Svedsater H, Stynes G, Wex J, Frith L, Leather D, Castelnuovo E, Detry M, Berry S Asthma Research and Practice 2016, 2 :4 (8 February 2016) Abstract | Full Text | PDF
WCA 2016 – Venue and General Information
General Information Congress Venue Meliá Castilla Calle del Capitán Haya, 43 Madrid 28020 Spain Climate and Dress Code Madrid and its metropolitan area has a Mediterranean climate with continental influences, with mild cool winters and hot summers. The average temperature in March it varies from +8oC (46oF) to +20oC (60oF). The Spanish capital is […]
Asthma in the elderly patient
Louis-Philippe Boulet Asthma Research and Practice 2016 2:3 DOI: 10.1186/s40733-015-0015-1 Abstract Asthma affects a significant proportion of elderly patients, but unfortunately, it is responsible for a high asthma-related morbidity and mortality in this population. This may be related not only to the development of a more severe asthma phenotype compared to younger patients, with more marked airway obstruction […]
Childhood asthma prediction models: a systematic review
Volume 3, No. 12, p973–984, December 2015 Prof Henriette A Smit, PhD†, Mariona Pinart, PhD†, Prof Josep M Antó, MD, Prof Thomas Keil, MD, Prof Jean Bousquet, MD, Prof Kai H Carlsen, MD, Prof Karel G M Moons, PhD, Lotty Hooft, PhD, Prof Karin C Lødrup Carlsen, MD Summary Early identification of children at risk of developing asthma at school age is crucial, but the usefulness of childhood asthma […]
World Congress of Astma, Madrid March 12-15, 2016: Scientific Program Committee´s Message
Significant achievements have been accomplished in the last few years to better understanding what is asthma, how it should be assessed in regard to control and severity and what is its optimal therapy. Unfortunately these improvements in our understanding of the disease have not always translated into better asthma management. The 2016 World Congress on […]
Right middle lobe atelectasis in children with asthma and prognostic factors
Article in Press Ozge Soyer,Cinar Ozen, Ozlem Cavkaytar, Cagri Senyücel, Yildiz Dallar Open Access DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alit.2015.12.002 Abstract Background Although right middle lobe (RML)-atelectasis of the lungs is a common complication of asthma, the relevant data is limited. The aim of this study is to define the characteristics of RML atelectasis in asthma during childhood. Methods Children […]