Management of severe asthma: targeting the airways, comorbidities and risk factors

Title: Management of severe asthma: targeting the airways, comorbidities and risk factors
Creator: Gibson, Peter G.; McDonald, Vanessa M.
Relation: NHMRC
Relation: Internal Medicine Journal Vol. 47, Issue 6, p. 623-631
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.13441
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2017
Description: Severe asthma is a complex heterogeneous disease that is refractory to standard treatment and is complicated by multiple comorbidities and risk factors. In mild to moderate asthma, the burden of disease can be minimised by inhaled corticosteroids, bronchodilators and self-management education. In severe asthma, however, management is more complex. When patients with asthma continue to experience symptoms and exacerbations despite optimal management, severe refractory asthma (SRA) should be suspected and confirmed, and other aetiologies ruled out. Once a diagnosis of SRA is established, patients should undergo a systematic and multidimensional assessment to identify inflammatory endotypes, risk factors and comorbidities, with targeted and individualised management initiated. We describe a practical approach to assessment and management of patients with SRA.
Subject: comorbidity; management; severe asthma
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1383880
Identifier: uon:31999
Identifier: ISSN:1444-0903
Language: eng
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