Background: Written action plans for asthma facilitate the early detection and treatment of an asthma exacerbation. Several versions of action plans have been published but the key components have not ...

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Acute asthma attacks are a frequent reason for emergency presentation in children and young people (CYP), and fatal asthma attacks can occur ...

The risk factors for these events are shared, such that increasing age, bronchial hyper-responsiveness, tobacco smoke exposure, asthma and lower respiratory infections/exacerbations are significant ...

In smokers with COPD, LABA+LAMA is more effective than LABA+ICS in preventing exacerbations, regardless of blood eosinophil count.

The standard first-line treatment of acute asthma exacerbations includes oxygen, inhaled beta-agonist medications and systemic corticosteroids. 4 Additional medications are added to this first-line ...