Population-based study of the association between asthma and pneumococcal disease in children
Authors Shea KM, Lash TL, Antonsen S, Jick SS, Sørensen HT Published Date July 2015 Volume 2015:7 Pages 325—334 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S78619 Background: Although asthma has recently been established as a risk factor for pneumococcal disease (PD), few studies have specifically evaluated this association in children.Methods: We conducted a nation-wide population-based cohort study of the effect of asthma on childhood PD among all […]
Airway Inflammation after Bronchial Thermoplasty for Severe Asthma
Annals ATS. First published online 31 Jul 2015 as DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201502-082OC Darcy R Denner, Diana C. Doeing, D Kyle Hogarth, Karen Dugan, Edward T. Naureckas, and Steven R White +Author Information. Corresponding Author: Steven R White, Email: swhite@bsd.uchicago.edu Abstract: Background: Bronchial thermoplasty is an alternative treatment for patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma in which the airway smooth muscle is […]
A summary of the new GINA strategy: a roadmap to asthma control
Helen K. Reddel1⇑, Eric D. Bateman2, Allan Becker3, Louis-Philippe Boulet4, Alvaro A. Cruz5, Jeffrey M. Drazen6, Tari Haahtela7, Suzanne S. Hurd8,Hiromasa Inoue9, Johan C. de Jongste10, Robert F. Lemanske Jr11, Mark L. Levy12,Paul M. O’Byrne13, Pierluigi Paggiaro14, Soren E. Pedersen15, Emilio Pizzichini16, Manuel Soto-Quiroz17, Stanley J. Szefler18, Gary W.K. Wong19 and J. Mark FitzGerald20 +Author Affiliations 1Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 2University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape […]
Impact of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Growth in Children with Asthma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
PLoS One. 2015 Jul 20;10(7):e0133428. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133428. Loke YK1, Blanco P1, Thavarajah M1, Wilson AM1. Abstract BACKGROUND: Long-term inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) may reduce growth velocity and final height of children with asthma. We aimed to evaluate the association between ICS use of >12 months and growth. METHODS: We initially searched MEDLINE and EMBASE in July 2013, followed by a PubMed search […]
Early childhood wheezers: identifying asthma in later life
Authors Lasso-Pirot A, Delgado-Villalta S, Spanier AJ Published Date July 2015 Volume 2015:8 Pages 63—73 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JAA.S70066 Abstract: Wheeze in young children is common, and asthma is the most common non-communicable disease in children. Prevalence studies of recurrent asthma-like symptoms in children under the age of 5 years have reported that one third of children in the US and Europe […]
23rd World Congress of Asthma – WCA-2016
Dear colleagues and friends It is my privilege and honor to invite you to participate in the 23rd World Congress of Asthma – WCA-2016 in Madrid, Spain, organized by the Asthma Global Association-INTERASMA, from March 12 through March 15, 2016. This congress is supported by the Spanish societies: SEPAR (Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía […]
Read our inaugural articles and submit your next manuscript
Editor-in-Chief: Juan Celedón (USA) and Giovanni Passalacqua (Italy) Submit a manuscript Editorial Board Author Instructions Article Alerts Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce that Asthma Research and Practice has published its first articles with BioMed Central. We hope that you find some of the inaugural articles below of interest. Inaugural Articles […]
Allergen immunotherapy in asthma; what is new?
Review Giovanni Passalacqua*, Anthi Rogkakou, Marcello Mincarini and Giorgio Walter Canonica *Corresponding author: Giovanni Passalacqua passalacqua@unige.it Author Affiliations For all author emails, please log on. Asthma Research and Practice 2015, 1:6 doi:10.1186/s40733-015-0006-2 Abstract The use and role of allergen immunotherapy (AIT) in asthma is still a matter of debate, and no definite recommendation about this is made in guidelines, both for the subcutaneous and […]
Bronchial thermoplasty: Where there is smoke, there is fire
. Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, Volume 36, Number 4, 20 July/August 2015, pp. 251-255(5) Iyer, Vivek N.; Lim, Kaiser G Abstract: Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is the first nonpharmacologic interventional therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2010 for severe asthma. This approval was based on randomized sham-controlled trial called Asthma Intervention […]
Prevalence of perennial severe allergic asthma in Italy and effectiveness of omalizumab in its management: PROXIMA – an observational, 2 phase, patient reported outcomes study
Research Giorgio Walter Canonica1, Marta Bartezaghi2, Raffaele Marino2 and Laura Rigoni2* Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2015, 13:10 doi:10.1186/s12948-015-0019-7 Published: 7 July 2015 Abstract Background We designed the PROXIMA study (Patient-Reported Outcomes and Xolair ® In the Management of Asthma) to determine the proportion of patients with severe asthma sensitive to perennial allergens, and to evaluate asthma control and treatment adherence up to 12 months in […]