Review spirometry results or with symptoms uncharacteristic of asthma. Airway hyperresponsiveness
is usually measured using direct stimuli, such as methacholine or histamine, that …

Current guidelines for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
recommend limiting the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) to patients with more severe …

Chronic cough is common and impactful, frustrating both patients and clinicians. An
empirical trial of therapy is often done with inhaled corticosteroids, but this practice should be …

COPD is considered a complex disease and global problem that is predicted to be the third
most common cause of death by 2030. While managing this chronic condition, primary health …

Cannabis use is growing, with multiple medical ‘indications’ and approval for recreational
use in many countries. This article will review some of the respiratory complications to …

Objectives Care gaps in asthma may be highly prevalent but are poorly characterised. We
sought to prospectively measure adherence to key evidence-based adult asthma practices in …

A high prevalence of suboptimal asthma control is attributable to known evidence–practice
gaps. We developed a computerised clinical decision support system (the Electronic Asthma …

Effective and efficient treatment of acute asthma in the emergency department requires
prompt recognition of the signs and symptoms that indicate a potentially fatal asthma attack (…

PURPOSE To describe demographic and clinical characteristics of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease patients managed in US primary care. METHODS This was an observational …

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a comprehensive intervention of exercise training,
education, and behaviour change to improve the physical and psychological condition of …