BACKGROUND Studies continue to show poor physician compliance with asthma management guidelines in clinical practice. However, standardized protocols specifically designed to be practical and user-friendly improve patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE To determine the degree of physicians' compliance with the documentation of an asthma management protocol in a university hospital. METHODS A simple as...

CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA REPORT SYMPTOMS OF GAStroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) more often than children without asthma. Nevertheless, a systematic review of the child health literature, which included studies using pH probes and other objective assessment methods, concluded that the true nature of the association between GERD and asthma, their temporal relation, and the causal direction, remain...

an aVoidable probleM Long-acting beta 2-agonists (LABAs) (or beta-adrenoceptor agonists) improve lung function and quality of life, and are recommended at step 3 of the national guidelines for the management of asthma. 1 However, chronic exposure to LABAs can be associated with tolerance and reduced sensitivity to the bronchodilator effects of salbutamol raising concerns over their use in asthm...

AIM To investigate the factors predicting adolescent visits to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). METHODS A longitudinal cohort study conducted in an adolescent total population in Central Norway (The Nord-Trøndelag Health Studies (HUNT)). In Young-HUNT 1, all inhabitants aged 13 to 19 years (N = 8944, 89% response rate) were invited to participate, and the younges...

OBJECTIVE To assess the availability and affordability of medicines used to treat cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and glaucoma and to provide palliative cancer care in six low- and middle-income countries. METHODS A survey of the availability and price of 32 medicines was conducted in a representative sample of public and private medicine outlets in four geograph...

This paper presents a summary of the evidence review group (ERG) report into the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of omalizumab for the treatment of chronic severe persistent allergic asthma, in accordance with the licensed indication, based upon the evidence submission from Novartis to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as part of the single technolog...

Background: Asthma is a chronic multifactorial disease with a high prevalence. Among asthma risk factors, the effect of baking in wood tenor ovens (traditional form of baking) on bronchial asthma is still debated. The aim of this study was to determine the association between baking in wood tenor ovens and incidence and control of bronchial asthma. Materials and Methods: This descriptive stu...