Targeting the right chemotherapy for the right patient

Airway Inflammatory Biomarker: Could It Tailor the Right Medications for the Right Asthmatic Patient?

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, in which asthmatic patients present with different clinical phenotypes, variable endotypes, and different response to asthma medicines. Thus, we are faced with an asthma paradox; asthma is diagnosed subjectively by clinical history and treated with biologically active drugs. To solve this paradox, we need objective airway biomarkers to tailor the proper medica...

airway inflammatory biomarker: could it tailor the right medications for the right asthmatic patient?

asthma is a heterogeneous disease, in which asthmatic patients present with different clinical phenotypes, variable endotypes, and different response to asthma medicines. thus, we are faced with an asthma paradox; asthma is diagnosed subjectively by clinical history and treated with biologically active drugs. to solve this paradox, we need objective airway biomarkers to tailor the proper medica...

Asthma Control: The Right Inhaler for the Right Patient

Inhaled therapy is the cornerstone of asthma management in that it optimizes the delivery of the medication to the site of action. The effectiveness of inhaled therapy is affected by the correct choice of the device and proper inhalation technique. In fact, this influences the drug delivery and distribution along the bronchial tree, including the most peripheral airways. In this context, accumu...

Hospital at home: the right place for the right patient.

Hospitals have existed for centuries, linked to religious beliefs in ancient times, then shifting focus to care for the poor and sick, before evolving into the modern beacons of health care with dense concentrations of specialty care, expertise, and technologic advances. For the very ill, optimal or best care became synonymous with care in a hospital, and the model of health care shifted from h...

The right prevention and treatment for the right patient at the right time