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Asthma medicines and how they work

National Asthma Education Programme (2012) CC2

Asthma is a chronic lung disease, which means it cannot be cured. But with the right treatment asthma can be kept under control so that those affected area be to live completely normal lives enjoyingfull involvement in sport and all other activities.

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What is Asthma?

National Asthma Education Programme (2012) CC2

Asthma: • is one of the most common respiratory complaints in the world today. • affects one in ten children (10%) and one in twenty adults (5%) • can occur for the first time at any age, even in adulthood. •usually begins before the age of five years. A few children affected will �... more

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Sport and Asthma

Green, R.; Nagel, F. National Asthma Education Programme (2012) CC2

People with asthma should be encouraged to take part in any sport they choose. If someone with asthma is having difficulty with sport, it means their asthma may not be under control. You will need to see your doctor to review your controller treatment and the way you use your medications in oder to ... more

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Lung function tests in Asthma

Levin, M. National Asthma Education Programme (2012) CC2

Asthma is a very commom condition. It cannot be cured, but can controlled with effective medication, good technique, and good monitoring by the patients are having no or few symptoms, no attacks needingg hospital visits and no or little emergency reliever medication use. Another way of assessing ast... more

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Childhood respiratory disease linked to the enviroment

World Health Organization WHO (2009) CC2

Childhood Respiratory Diseases & the Environment learning objectives •To understand how the respiratory tract is affected by the environment •To describe respiratory diseases linked to the environment •To list one population-level intervention and one personal-level intervention for d... more

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Prevalence of asthma in North Africa: the Asthma Insights and Reality in the Maghreb (AIRMAG) study

Nafti, S.; Taright, S.; El Ftouh, M.; et al. (2009) CC2

Bronchial asthma is the most frequent chronic respiratory disease in both adults and children. The prevalence and burden of asthma vary considerably between different regions of the world. Information on asthma in Africa is fragmentary and relatively old.

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Common characteristics of upper and lower airways in rhinitis and asthma: ARIA update, in collaboration with GA2LEN

Cruz, A.A.; Popov, T.; Pawankar, R.; et al. Allergy: Volume62, Issues84 November 2007 Pages 1-41 (2007) CC2

This document updates the ARIA sections on the links between rhinitis and asthma. Relevant publications between January 2000 and December 2005 were included. Complementary and alternative medicine is not evaluated in this document since it has been published separately. Likewise, an update on pharma... more

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Global surveillance, prevention and control of chronic respiratory diseases - a comprehensive approach

Bousquet, J.; Khaltaev, N. (2007) C_WHO

Chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, kill more than four million people every year and affect hundreds of millions more. These diseases erode the health and well-being of the patients and have a negative impact on families and societies. Women ... more

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Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD): generel meeting report, Seol, Repblic of Korea, 1-2 June 2007

World Health Organization WHO (2007) CC2

Everyone in the world is exposed to risk factors for chronic respiratory disease (CRD). Three billion people live in urban areas and are exposed to outdoor air pollution. Two billion people are exposed to solid fuel combustion which represents one of the major risk factors worldwide. One billion peo... more

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Vigilância global, prevenção e controlo das doenças respiratórias crónicas: uma abordagem integradora

Bousquet, J.; Khaltaev, N. (2007) C_WHO

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Guidelines for the management of chronic asthma in adolescents and adults

Lalloo, U.; Wong, M.; Abdool-Gaffar, S. et al. South African Family Practice (2007) CC

Asthma prevalence is increasing worldwide and surveys indicate that the majority of patients in developed and developing countries do not receive optimal care and are therefore not well controlled. The aim of these guidelines is to promote a better standard of treatment based on advances in the unde... more

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An Official ATS Workshop Report: Issues in Screeningfor Asthma in Children

Gerald, B.L.; Sockrider, M.M.; Grad, R. et al. American Thoracic Society Documents (2007) CC

The article "An Official ATS Workshop Report: Issues in Screening for Asthma in Children" summarizes discussions from a workshop organized by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) on the challenges of asthma screening in children. The report reviews the effectiveness of population-based asthma screeni... more

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Respiratory Effects of Exposure to Diesel Traffic in Persons with Asthma

McCreanor, J.; Cullinan, P.; Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J.; et al. The New England Journal of Medecine (2007) CC2

Air pollution from road traffic is a serious health hazard, and people with preexisting respiratory disease may be at increased risk. We investigated the effects of short-term exposure to diesel traffic in people with asthma in an urban, roadside environment.

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Asthma Control Test: Reliability, validity, and responsiveness in patients not previously followed by asthma specialists

Schatz, M.; Sorkness, C. A.; Li, J.T; et al. (2006) CC2

The development of the Asthma Control Test (ACT), a short, simple, patient-based tool for identifying patients with poorly controlled asthma, was recently described in patients under the routine care of an asthma specialist. We sought to evaluate the reliability and validity of the ACT in a longi... more

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Prevalence and socioeconomic associations of asthma and allergic rhinitis in nothern Africa

Georgy, V.; Fahim, H. I.; El Gaafary, M.; Walters, S. (2006) CC2

The prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis is high in western countries, and has been rising throughout the late 20th century. However, relatively little is known about the prevalence of allergic disorders in children in North Africa and the Middle East, and even less is known about t... more

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Parental understanding of wheeze and its impact on asthma prevalence estimates

Michel, G.; Silverman, M.; Strippoli, M-P. F. et al. European Respiratory Journal (2006) CC

The epidemiology of wheeze in children, when assessed by questionnaires, is dependent on parents' understanding of the term “wheeze”. In a questionnaire survey of a random population sample of 4,236 children aged 6–10 yrs, parents' definition of wheeze was assessed. Predictors of a correct ... more

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Survey on the impact of comorbid allergic rhinitis in patients with asthma

Valovirta, E.; Pawankar, R. (2006) CC2

Allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma are inflammatory conditions of the airways that often occur concomitantly. This global survey was undertaken to understand patient perspectives regarding symptoms, treatments, and the impact on their well-being of comorbid AR and asthma.

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TENOR risk score predicts healthcare in adults with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma

Miller, M. K.; Lee, J.H.; Blanc, P.D.; et al. (2006) CC2

The aim of the present study was to predict which patients with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma are at highest risk for healthcare utilisation can be predicted so as to optimise clinical management. Data were derived from 2,821 adults with asthma enrolled in The Epidemiology and Natural History ... more

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Identifying ‘well-controlled’ and ‘not well-controlled’ asthma using the Asthma Control Questionnaire

Juniper, E. F.; Bousquet, J.; Abetz, L.; et al. Respiratory Medicine (2006) 100, 616–621 (2006) CC2

The Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) was developed to measure the primary goals of asthma management as identified by international guidelines. All guidelines indicate that to achieve good control, treatment should minimise day- and night-time symptoms, activity limitation, airway narrowing and re... more

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Identifying asthma in population studies: from single entity to a multi-component approach

Marks, G. B. (2005) CC2

Considerable energy has been expended over the last two decades in developing methods for identifying the presence of asthma among participants in population studies. The objective of this endeavour has commonly been to enable epidemiological research on risk factors for asthma, with the ultimate ai... more