Severe asthma: prescribing criteria and asthma control test improvement

Severe asthma: prescribing criteria and asthma control test improvement

Background Severe asthma are linked with high morbidity, significant mortality and high treatment costs. Omalizumab has been shown to decrease the risk of hospitalization or Emergency Department (ED) visits in patients with uncontrolled severe allergic asthma. We aim to describe the conditions under Omalizumab was prescribed in patients followed in a Reference Center for Severe Asthma Treatment...

Omalizumab in patients with severe uncontrolled asthma: well-defined eligibility criteria to promote asthma control

After more than a decade of omalizumab being widely used in the treatment of asthma, the Brazilian National Commission for the Incorporation of Technologies stated its opposition to the incorporation of omalizumab use within the scope of the Unified Health Care System of Brazil.(1) That ruling runs contrary to expert opinion that the drug should be made available to a specific group of patients...

Statin use and asthma control in patients with severe asthma

OBJECTIVES We hypothesised that severe asthmatics taking a statin drug, in addition to inhaled corticosteroids/long-acting β-agonist inhaler therapy, would have better asthma symptom control and improved lung function compared to their controls. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective, cross-sectional study of 165 patients with severe asthma seen from 2001-2008. Hierarchical linear and logistic regressi...

Effectiveness of a Pharmacist Intervention for Asthma Control Improvement Pharmaceutical Care for Asthma Control Improvement

Are 25(OH) D concentrations associated with asthma control and pulmonary function test?

Background: The relationship between vitamin D and asthma is still under investigation. We aimed to evaluate the association between serum vitamin D levels and clinical characteristics of asthma, and the impact of vitamin D deficiency on the clinical manifestations, as them being the issues of debate. Methods: Patients who were admitted to the outpatient clinics of Chest Diseases Department of...