Clinical characteristics of adult asthma associated with small airway dysfunction

Suboptimal asthma control is common despite modern asthma therapy. The degree of peripheral airway involvement remains unclear and poor medication delivery to these regions might be a contributing reason for this failure in obtaining adequate symptom control.A cohort of 196 adults (median (range) age 44 (18–61) years, 109 females, 54 ex-smokers, six current smokers) with physician-diagnosed asthma were recruited from primary care. Subjects were characterized clinically by interviews, questionnaires, skin prick tests (SPT) and blood eosinophil counts.

Source: Respiratory Medicine CME - May 30, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: S. Kjellberg, B.K. Houltz, O. Zetterström, P.D. Robinson, Per M. Gustafsson Source Type: research