Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide, with a considerable increase, especially in children. It considered main cause childhood morbidity, school absenteeism, and limitations sports practice. The causes are multifactorial, their prevalence varies from region to region, thus verifying great disparity estimates asthma. In this sense, objective study investigate asthma, it...

chronic cough is a common problem in patients visiting physicians and its prevalence in different populations range from 3 to 40%. postnasal drip, asthma and gastroesophageal reflux are the known cause of chronic cough. although diagnosis of asthma is usually made by clinical signs and spirometeric results, methacholine challenge test is a good diagnostic test in patients who show normal physic...

INTRODUCTION Asthma control varies in different clinical settings because of its multidimensional and heterogeneous nature, and variability over time. The revised asthma management guidelines indicate that the goal of treatment should be maintaining asthma control for long periods. The aims of this study were to explore: (i) difference in asthma control test scores in patients at different clin...

inadequate attention given to the management of asthma and ways of improving treatment could be a significant factor for the increase morbidity and mortality from asthma despite major advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease. there seems to be paucity of data concerning the management pattern and burden of asthma in africa. this study was undertaken to determine the p...

BACKGROUND Poor asthma control observed in several surveys may be related to a lack of systematic assessment by physicians and/or to patient underestimation of symptoms. Along this line, the purpose of this study was to investigate the level of asthma control in patients attending the GP office for different reasons, either for renewal of drug prescription or for worsening of asthma symptoms. ...

To assess the impact that educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques have on the clinical and functional control of asthma and COPD, we evaluated 44 participants before and after such an intervention. There was a significant decrease in the number of errors, and 20 patients (46%) significantly improved their technique regarding prior exhalation and breath hold. In the asthma group,...

BACKGROUND Asthma in the elderly is severe and associated with poor treatment outcome. Although atopy has an important role in pathogenesis, its role in the elderly is unclear, partly due to immune senescence. OBJECTIVE We aimed to examine the associations of Th2-mediated inflammation with asthma severity in the elderly. METHODS Consecutive asthmatics older than 60 years without severe exac...