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Use of Pressurized Metered-dose Inhalers for Asthma
Medscape Over the last several decades, multiple studies have identified improper asthma rescue inhaler technique as a clinically important correlate of unstable disease and increased use of healthcare services. It is believed that inconsistencies in what is … |
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Spiriva Respimat (Tiotropium) Gets Asthma Indication in US
Medscape The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the long-acting muscarinic antagonist tiotropium bromide (Spiriva Respimat, Boehringer Ingelheim) for long-term maintenance treatment of asthma in people aged 12 years and older, according to a … FDA approves Boehringer's asthma treatment FDA approves asthma treatment Spiriva Respimat |
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Discovery of Asthma Subtypes Suggests New Therapies
Medscape A new understanding of different subsets of patients with severe allergic asthma may pave the way to developing biologic therapies that effectively target the specific inflammatory responses a particular patient exhibits, a new study suggests. David F … |
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Canada Approves Breo Ellipta for Adults With Asthma
Medscape Canadian regulators have approved the dry powder combination of fluticasone furoate and vilanterol (Breo Ellipta, GlaxoSmithKline/Theravance) for once-a-day treatment of asthma in adults with reversible obstructive airways disease, GlaxoSmithKline … |
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Inhaled Steroids Exacerbate Pollution's Effect on Asthma
Medscape Inhaled corticosteroids cannot adequately protect children with asthma from high levels of air pollution and may actually exacerbate the effects of pollutants, caution investigators in a clinical study. The authors found that both long-term and short … |
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Inhaled Steroids Exacerbate Pollution's Effect on Asthma – Medscape
Medscape Inhaled corticosteroids cannot adequately protect children with asthma from high levels of air pollution and may actually exacerbate the effects of pollutants, caution investigators in a clinical study. The authors found that both long-term and short … |
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Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Asthma in the Morbidly Obese – Medscape
Medscape Background The pathogenesis of asthma in obese subjects is poorly understood and has been described as a specific phenotype in these patients. Weight loss improves asthma control and lung function. Whether this improvement is the result of better … |
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Table 2. Effect of bariatric surgery on lung function
Medscape Background The pathogenesis of asthma in obese subjects is poorly understood and has been described as a specific phenotype in these patients. Weight loss improves asthma control and lung function. Whether this improvement is the result of better … |
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Montelukast: A Review of Recent Studies in Pediatric Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis
Medscape Montelukast was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 20, 1998 for the treatment of asthma in children and adults. It has gained widespread acceptance as an adjunct to inhaled corticosteroids and beta-adrenergic agonists in the … |
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Table 1. Main clinically relevant outcomes to assess asthma therapies
Medscape ACQ, Asthma Control Questionnaire; ACSS, Asthma Control Scoring System; ACT, asthma control test; BAL, Bronchoalveolar lavage; EBC, exhaled breath condensate; FEF, Forced expiratory flow; FENO, fractional exhaled nitric oxide; FEV1, forced expiratory … |
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