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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma
European Respiratory Journal, Volume 43, No. 2, Year 2014
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Description
Severe or therapy-resistant asthma is increasingly recognised as a major unmet need. A Task Force, supported by the European Respiratory Society and American Thoracic Society, reviewed the definition and provided recommendations and guidelines on the evaluation and treatment of severe asthma in children and adults. A literature review was performed, followed by discussion by an expert committee according to the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach for development of specific clinical recommendations. When the diagnosis of asthma is confirmed and comorbidities addressed, severe asthma is defined as asthma that requires treatment with high dose inhaled corticosteroids plus a second controller and/or systemic corticosteroids to prevent it from becoming uncontrolled or that remains uncontrolled despite this therapy. Severe asthma is a heterogeneous condition consisting of phenotypes such as eosinophilic asthma. Specific recommendations on the use of sputum eosinophil count and exhaled nitric oxide to guide therapy, as well as treatment with anti-IgE antibody, methotrexate, macrolide antibiotics, antifungal agents and bronchial thermoplasty are provided. Coordinated research efforts for improved phenotyping will provide safe and effective biomarker-driven approaches to severe asthma therapy. Copyright © ERS 2014.
Authors & Co-Authors
Chung, Kian Fan
United Kingdom, London
National Heart and Lung Institute
United Kingdom, London
Royal Brompton Hospital
Wenzel, Sally E.
United States, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Brožek, Jan L.
Canada, Hamilton
Mcmaster University
Bush, Andrew P.
United Kingdom, London
National Heart and Lung Institute
United Kingdom, London
Royal Brompton Hospital
Castro, Mario
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Sterk, Peter Jason
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Amsterdam Umc - University of Amsterdam
Adcock, Ian M.
United Kingdom, London
National Heart and Lung Institute
Bateman, Eric D.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Bel, Elisabeth H.D.
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Amsterdam Umc - University of Amsterdam
Bleecker, Eugene R.
United States, Winston Salem
Wake Forest University
Boulet, Louis Philippe
Canada, Quebec
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec - Université Laval
Brightling, Christopher Edward
United Kingdom, Leicester
University of Leicester
Chanez, Pascal
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Dahleń, Sven Erik K.
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Djukanović, Ratko
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine
Frey, Urs
Switzerland, Basel
Universitäts-kinderspital Beider Basel
Gaga, Mina
Greece, Athens
Athens Chest Hospital
Gibson, Peter G.
Australia, Newcastle
John Hunter Hospital
Hamid, Qùtayba A.
Canada, Montreal
Meakins-christie Laboratories
Jajour, Nizar N.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin-madison
Mauad, Thais H.
Brazil, Sao Paulo
University Medical School
Sorkness, Ronald L.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin-madison
Teague, Williams G.
United States, Charlottesville
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 2,979
Authors: 23
Affiliations: 20
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1183/09031936.00202013
ISSN:
09031936
e-ISSN:
13993003
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Approach
Systematic review