ALLMedicine™ Asthma Center

Sep 26th, 2021 - Pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDIs) and dry powder inhalers (DPIs) are commonly used drug-delivering devices for patients with chronic airway diseases. Appropriate peak inhalation flow rate (PIFR) and inhaler technique is essential for effec...

Sep 26th, 2021 - Understanding why patients with severe asthma do not follow healthcare provider (HCP) advice to adjust treatment is critical to achieving personalised disease management. We reviewed patient choice to follow HCP advice to adjust asthma treatment i...

Sep 26th, 2021 - To gain a global perspective on short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) prescriptions and associated asthma-related clinical outcomes in patients with asthma, we assessed primary health data across 24 countries in 5 continents. SABINA III was a cross-secti...

Sep 25th, 2021 - We quantified the magnitude of exercise-induced bronchodilation in adult asthmatics under conditions of narrowed and dilated airways. We then assessed the effect of the bronchodilation on ventilatory capacity and the extent of ventilatory limitati...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Paeoniae Radix Alba (PRA), the root of the plant Paeonia lactiflora Pall., has been suggested to play an important role for the treatment of asthma. A biochemical understanding of the clinical effects of Paeoniae Radix Alba is needed. Here, we exp...

Dec 4th, 2020 - Asthma is a major public health problem worldwide and is associated with excess morbidity, mortality, and economic costs associated with lost productivity. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program has released the 2020 Asthma Guideline...

Aug 4th, 2020 - In 2017, the Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy were published with recommendations on early introduction of peanut-containing foods based on infants' clinical history. We sought to conduct a nationwide US survey to assess Gu...

Jul 30th, 2020 - We developed evidence-based recommendations for prehospital evaluation and treatment of adult patients with respiratory distress. These recommendations are compared with current protocols used by the 33 local emergency medical services agencies (L...

Jun 6th, 2020 - The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2-induced coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic re-shaped doctor-patient interaction and challenged capacities of healthcare systems. It created many issues around the optimal and safest way to treat complex pat...

Jan 24th, 2020 - Asthma and non-asthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis (NAEB) are among the commonest causes of chronic cough in adults. We sought to determine the role of non-invasive measurements of airway inflammation, including induced sputum and fractional exhaled...

Aug 14th, 2018 - The aim of this present study is to investigate the use of benralizumab in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), with or without concomitant asthma/ aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), whose severity is consi...

Jul 15th, 2021 - Benralizumab (Fasenra) significantly reduced nasal polyp score (NPS) and average nasal blockage score (NBS) compared with placebo for patients with severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) in a phase 3 trial. The randomized, multic...

Jul 14th, 2021 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for the biologic tezepelumab (AstraZeneca/Amgen) for treatment of severe asthma. The announcement was reported July 8, just days before the start of the European Academy of Alle...

Jul 11th, 2021 - About one third of asthma patients have high use of short-acting beta agonists (SABAs) in Europe across all severity levels, said Santiago Quirce, MD, PhD, with Hospital Universitario in Madrid, Spain. High use — defined as three or more canisters...

Jul 10th, 2021 - Dupilumab (Dupixent, Sanofi and Regeneron) significantly reduced exacerbations compared with placebo in children ages 6-11 years who had moderate-to-severe asthma in a phase 3 trial. A fully human monoclonal antibody, dupilumab also improved lung ...

Jul 7th, 2021 - Asthma is a common, chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, variable airflow limitation, and tissue remodeling. Nearly 400 million people around the world have asthma,...