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Asthma in pregnancy: a hit for two

  Eur Respir Rev March 1, 2014 vol. 23 no. 131 64-68   Vanessa E. Murphy1⇑ and  Michael Schatz2+Author Affiliations1Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. 2Dept of Allergy, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA. V.E. Murphy, Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases, Level 2, West Wing, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University […]

Development of a tool to recognize small airways dysfunction in asthma (SADT)

  Research Lieke Schiphof-Godart12, Erica van der Wiel23, Nick HT ten Hacken23, Maarten van den Berge23, Dirkje S Postma23 and Thys van der Molen12* *Corresponding author: Thys van der Molen t.van.der.molen@umcg.nl Author Affiliations Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2014, 12:155  doi:10.1186/s12955-014-0155-7 Abstract (provisional) Background: Small airways dysfunction (SAD) contributes to the clinical expression of asthma. The identification of patients who suffer from SAD is […]

The Global Asthma Report 2014

SUMMARIES > THE BURDEN OF ASTHMA > MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA AND CAPACITY BUILDING > ASTHMA – A GLOBAL PRIORITY > MAPS, RESOURCES, DATA > The Global Asthma Report 2014 includes strategic and practical recommendationsand valuable information for governments, health organisations, health professionals, and people with asthma, including: Latest Asthma Research Maps and data on the global prevalence […]

Interasma initiatives on social media

Interasma has launched a new Interasma Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/GlobalAsthmaAssociation This page will interact with our Facebook Group Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/interasma/ , our Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/Interasma as well as our Linkedin company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/interasma integrating all the iniciatives with our new web site: https://new.interasma.org/. Kindest regards INTERASMA

Atopic cough and fungal allergy

Keynote Lecture Haruhiko Ogawa1, Masaki Fujimura2, Noriyuki Ohkura3, Koichi Makimura4 1Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Ishikawa-ken Saiseikai, Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa 920-0353, Japan; 2Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nanao Hospital, Nanao 926-8531, Japan; 3Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan; 4Laboratory of Space and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medical Technology, […]

Childhood Asthma-Predictive Phenotype

Theresa W. Guilbert, MD David T. Mauger, PhD Robert F. Lemanske Jr, MD Received: August 8, 2014; Received in revised form: September 11, 2014; Accepted: September 12, 2014; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2014.09.010 Wheezing is a fairly common symptom in early childhood, but only some of these toddlers will experience continued wheezing symptoms in later childhood. The definition of the asthma-predictive phenotype […]

Inhaler reminders improve adherence with controller treatment in primary care patients with asthma

Foster JM1, Usherwood T2, Smith L3, Sawyer SM4, Xuan W5, Rand CS6, Reddel HK7. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Poor adherence contributes to uncontrolled asthma. Pragmatic adherence interventions for primary care settings are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness of 2 brief general practitioner (GP)-delivered interventions for improving adherence and asthma control. METHODS: In a 6-month cluster randomized 2 × 2 factorial controlled trial, with […]

Manifestos

    Manifesto on small airway involvement and management in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an Interasma (Global Asthma Association – GAA) and World Allergy Organization (WAO) document endorsed by Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) and Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) Adherence to Treatment in Respiratory Allergy Definition of […]

The Allergic Asthma Phenotype

Michael Schatz, MD, MS Lanny Rosenwasser, MD Received: July 7, 2014; Received in revised form: September 9, 2014; Accepted: September 10, 2014; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2014.09.004 The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice Volume 2, Issue 6, Pages 645–648, November–December, 2014   Abstract Allergic asthma is the most common asthma phenotype. It usually is defined by the presence […]