Patients with thunderstorm asthma or severe asthma in Melbourne: a comparison

2017 ◽  
Vol 207 (10) ◽  
pp. 434-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F Sutherland ◽  
Emma Le Portelli ◽  
Allison L Collins ◽  
Muhammad Aziz Rahman ◽  
Christine F McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Severe Asthma ◽  
Thunderstorm Asthma

Study: Severe Asthma Takes Costly Economic Toll

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
HEIDI SPLETE
Keyword(s):  
Severe Asthma

Alternative Approach May Help in Severe Asthma

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
MICHELE G. SULLIVAN
Keyword(s):  
Severe Asthma ◽  
Alternative Approach

ENCORE: A weight-based exacerbation dose response analysis of mepolizumab in severe asthma with eosinophilic phenotype

Pneumologie ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (S 01) ◽  
pp. S1-S125
Author(s):  
I Pouliquen ◽  
D Austin ◽  
N Gunsoy ◽  
SW Yancey
Keyword(s):  
Severe Asthma ◽  
Dose Response ◽  
Response Analysis

The cytokine response of circulating immune cells to rhinovirus is reduced in severe asthma

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Jamal Jameel ◽  
S Yanik ◽  
E Bülthoff ◽  
F Yusuf ◽  
B Struck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Severe Asthma ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Cytokine Response

Dupilumab Effect on Lung Function in Patients with Uncontrolled, Moderate-to-Severe Asthma with an Allergic Phenotype

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Castro ◽  
J Corren ◽  
TB Casale ◽  
S Quirce ◽  
MS Rice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Function ◽  
Severe Asthma

Applying personalized medicine to adult severe asthma

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. e8-e16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelica Tiotiu
Keyword(s):  
Personalized Medicine ◽  
Severe Asthma ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Target Therapy ◽  
Asthma Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Biologic Therapies ◽  
Eosinophilic Asthma ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Structured Approach

Background: Severe asthma is a heterogeneous disease that consists of various phenotypes driven by different pathways. Associated with significant morbidity, an important negative impact on the quality of life of patients, and increased health care costs, severe asthma represents a challenge for the clinician. With the introduction of various antibodies that target type 2 inflammation (T2) pathways, severe asthma therapy is gradually moving to a personalized medicine approach. Objective: The purpose of this review was to emphasize the important role of personalized medicine in adult severe asthma management. Methods: An extensive research was conducted in medical literature data bases by applying terms such as “severe asthma” associated with “structured approach,” “comorbidities,” “biomarkers,” “phenotypes/endotypes,” and “biologic therapies.” Results: The management of severe asthma starts with a structured approach to confirm the diagnosis, assess the adherence to medications and identify confounding factors and comorbidities. The definition of phenotypes or endotypes (phenotypes defined by mechanisms and identified through biomarkers) is an important step toward the use of personalized medicine in asthma. Severe allergic and nonallergic eosinophilic asthma are two defined T2 phenotypes for which there are efficacious targeted biologic therapies currently available. Non-T2 phenotype remains to be characterized, and less efficient target therapy exists. Conclusion: Despite important progress in applying personalized medicine to severe asthma, especially in T2 inflammatory phenotypes, future research is needed to find valid biomarkers predictive for the response to available biologic therapies to develop more effective therapies in non-T2 phenotype.

Potentially (near) fatal asthma

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 403-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Greenberger
Keyword(s):  
Severe Asthma ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Rescue Therapy ◽  
Respiratory Acidosis ◽  
Acute Severe Asthma ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
High Risk Type ◽  
Fatal Asthma ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
Near Fatal Asthma

Potentially (near) fatal asthma (PFA) defines a subset of patients with asthma who are at increased risk for death from their disease. The diagnosis of PFA should motivate treating physicians, health professionals, and patients to be more aggressive in the monitoring, treatment, and control of this high-risk type of asthma. A diagnosis of PFA is made when any one of the following are present: (1) a history of endotracheal intubation from asthma, (2) acute respiratory acidosis (pH < 7.35) or respiratory failure from acute severe asthma, (3) two or more episodes of acute pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum from asthma, (4) two or more episodes of acute severe asthma, despite the use of long-term oral corticosteroids and other antiasthma medications. There are two predominant phenotypes of near-fatal exacerbations: “subacute” exacerbation and “hyperacute” exacerbation. The best way to “treat” acute severe asthma is 3‐7 days before it occurs (i.e., at the onset of symptoms or change in respiratory function) and to optimize control of asthma by decreasing the number of symptomatic days and the days and/or nights that require rescue therapy and increasing baseline respiratory status in “poor perceivers.” PFA is treated with a multifaceted approach; physicians and health-care professionals should appreciate limitations of pharmacotherapy, including combination inhaled corticosteroid‐long-acting β-agonist products as well as addressing nonadherence, psychiatric, and socioeconomic issues that complicate care.

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