Asthma is a common, chronic inflammatory disease of the airways associated with pronounced health and economic consequences. The clinical spectrum of asthma is highly variable and different clinical and inflammatory phenotypes are noticed. Improved ...
In non-smokers without intake of an ACE-inhibitor, the three most common causes of chronic cough are eosinophilic airways disease (asthma or eosinophilic bronchitis), Upper-airway-cough-syndrome (UACS) and Gastroesophageal-reflux desease (GERD). In ...
Respiratory Allergies in Children and AdultsAbstract. The means to diagnose and treat allergic diseases of the airways have improved significantly in the last years. In many cases, the involvement of a specialist is warranted. The indication to start ...
Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease in Clinical PracticeAbstract. Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is characterized by Samter’s triad: chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis, asthma and sensitivity to classical non-steroidal anti-...
Physical and Clinical Aspects of Inhalation Therapy for Asthma and COPDAbstract. Inhalations form the basis of the medicinal treatment of respiratory diseases. In recent years, therapy has become more complex for ...
Type-2 Asthma: Leaving Behind the Perspective of the SeventiesAbstract. The diagnosis ’bronchial asthma’ spans different phenotypes of this disease like an umbrella. The differentiation of these phenotypes and their ...
Novelties in the Treatment of AsthmaAbstract. For general practitioners there have been important novelties in the treatment of asthma due to recent modifications of the international guidelines from Global Initiative for ...