Prediagnostic lung function impairment common in older asthma patients – News-Medical.net


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Prediagnostic lung function impairment common in older asthma patients
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Older adults with newly diagnosed asthma are not only more likely to have pre-existing lung function impairment than younger adults, but they also experience a more rapid decline of lung function, a Danish team reports in Respiratory Medicine. “Our

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LABA Withdrawal Increases Asthma-Related Impairment – Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

LABA Withdrawal Increases Asthma-Related Impairment
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
(HealthDay News) – For patients with asthma controlled with a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and a long-acting ?2-agonist (LABA), withdrawal of the LABA once asthma is controlled correlates with increased asthma-associated impairment.

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