Perception of oral corticosteroids in adult patients with asthma in France
Dany Jaffuel , MD, PhD, Caroline Fabry-Vendrand , PharmD, Elsa Darnal , MD, Ophélie Wilczynski , MSc, Emilie Pain , MSc & Arnaud Bourdin , MD, PhD Journal of Asthma, DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1748048 Abstract Objective: Oral corticosteroids (OCS) are frequently used as relievers for acute asthma and controllers for severe asthma. However, the relief offered by OCS is counterbalanced by adverse effects. We aimed to describe […]
Severe asthma and eligibility for biologics in a Brazilian cohort
Luane Marques Mello, Karynna P. Viana, Felipe Moraes dos Santos, Luciana T. M. Saturnino, Michelle L. Kormann, Evelyn Lazaridis, Cinthia D. Torreão, Claudia R. Soares, Gabriela A. Abreu, Valmar Bião de Lima, Gabriela P. Pinheiro, Aline Lima-Matos, Eduardo Vieira Ponte, Divya Mohan, John H. Riley & Alvaro A. Cruz Abstract Objective: This study aims to describe the […]
World Congress of Asthma and Covid-19 Pandemic
The WCA 2020 Committee and GAA-INTERASMA Board, after a long monitoring period of Covid-19 pandemic situation & its consequences, has decided to postpone the World Congress of Asthma WCA, originally planned for October 10-13, 2020, to the year 2021.The dates and location will be announced soon.All Commitments, Scientific Contributions, Registrations & Sponsorships will be credited to the […]
COVID-19
“People with asthma should continue to use their inhaled asthma controller medications during the COVID-19 pandemic.Some sources have suggested that “corticosteroids” should be avoided during the COVID-19 epidemic. This advice is about the use of oral corticosteroids unless there is a clear indication for their use. However, patients with asthma should not stop their prescribed inhaled […]
Treatment patterns among non-active users of maintenance asthma medication in the United Kingdom: a retrospective cohort study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Daniel C. Gibbons , MBBS, MPH, PhD, DFPH, FRSPH, Bhumika Aggarwal , MBBS, MSc, MBA, Jolyon Fairburn-Beech , MSc, David Hinds , MHS, Monica Fletcher , OBE, MSc, DipN, DipHV ,Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich , BPharm, PhD & show all Journal of Asthma, DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2020.1728767 Abstract Objective: To describe patient characteristics, treatment patterns and healthcare utilization (HCU) of non-active users of maintenance asthma medications in the United […]
Journal of Asthma is now the official publication of Interasma (Global Association of Asthma)
Journal information Print ISSN: 0277-0903 Online ISSN: 1532-430312 issues per year Journal of Asthma is included in the following abstracting and indexing services: Academic Search Complete; Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive; Chemical Abstracts; Consumer Health Complete; Current Contents/Clinical Medicine; Current Contents/Life Sciences; EMBASE; HINARI; PopLine; PubMed/MedLine; PsycInfo; SCI-E; SCOPUS Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of […]
XXV World Congress of Asthma
Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy October 10-13, 2020 Submit your abstract by 15th May 2020 Do you have innovative ideas and want to present your latest scientific, and industry supported results to asthma specialists and decision-makers from around the globe? Be part of WCA 2020 that will expand its portfolio by integrating its paper into the conference programme. […]
2020 will be a great year for Interasma, the Global Asthma Association
2020 will be an exciting year for Interasma, the Global Asthma Association, one of this year highlights, among many new developments, being the internationally renowned World Asthma Congress that will take place in Stresa, Italy in October. Located at Hotel Dino Baveno-Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, one of the most accredited facilities in the incentive and […]
GAA-INTERASMA brief questionnaire
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New Article From Asthma Research and Practice: Determinants of non-adherence to inhaled steroids in adult asthmatic patients on follow up in referral hospital, Ethiopia: cross-sectional study
Research – Open Access Bezie Kebede & Girma Mamo Asthma Research and Practice volume 5, Article number: 5 (2019) Abstract Background Asthma is one of the major non-communicable diseases worldwide. The prevalence of asthma has continuously increased over the last five decades, resulting in 235 million people suffering from it. One of the main challenges in asthma control is adherence to pharmaceutical […]