BACKGROUND: Adjustable maintenance dosing with budesonide/formoterol in a single
inhaler (Symbicort, AstraZeneca, Lund, Sweden) may provide a convenient means of …

Discussion A MEDLINE search dating back to 1960 was used to find articles related to
diagnosis and management of ABPA. Key search words used included asthma, allergic …

Importance Although asthma is a chronic disease, the expected rate of spontaneous
remissions of adult asthma and the stability of diagnosis are unknown. Objective To determine …

Background: It is unclear whether asthma is overdiagnosed in developed countries, particularly
among obese individuals, who may be more likely than nonobese people to experience …

1. Hodder R, Lougheed MD, Rowe BH, et al. Management of acute asthma in adults in the
emergency department: nonventilatory management. CMAJ 2010; 182: 55-67. 2. Horn CR, …

BACKGROUND: Two Canadian studies showed that 55% of patients with asthma had daily
symptoms (in 1996) and that 57% of patients suffered from poorly controlled asthma (in 1999)…

The respiratory rate is a vital sign with an underappreciated significance that can, in acute
situations, prognosticate patients’ mortality rate and need for invasive ventilation. In addition, …

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

Objective The objectives of our study were to compare patient characteristics and severity of
disease in obese and normal-weight-confirmed people with asthma and to explore reasons …

Atovaquone suspensions (750 mg and 1500 mg once a day) were compared with
aerosolized pentamidine (300 mg once a month) for the prevention of Pneumocystis carinii …