Small airway disease: A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

Information has been gradually accumulating showing that asthma might be a risk factor for COPD.5 Recently, Limb et al6 published a descriptive study of the outcomes for a small group of young adults who had well-defined moderate-to-severe allergic asthma as children. Large population database analy...

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Published in:Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2006-08, Vol.118 (2), p.337-339
Main Author: Colice, Gene L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Airway management
Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use
Asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Clinical Trials as Topic
Health maintenance organizations
HMOs
Humans
inhaled corticosteroids
Lung Diseases, Obstructive - drug therapy
Lung Diseases, Obstructive - etiology
Mortality
Patients
Pneumonia - drug therapy
Respiratory System Agents - therapeutic use
Small airway disease
Studies
Tomography
Ventilation
Young adults
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Summary:Information has been gradually accumulating showing that asthma might be a risk factor for COPD.5 Recently, Limb et al6 published a descriptive study of the outcomes for a small group of young adults who had well-defined moderate-to-severe allergic asthma as children. Large population database analyses show that regular use of ICSs is associated with fewer asthma-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths.8 A study of an asthmatic population in a health maintenance organization found that patients who did not fill their prescriptions for ICSs were more likely to be hospitalized for asthma.9 Unfortunately, most asthmatic patients might be poorly adherent to regular ICS use.
ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2006.05.020