It is largely unrecognised that the impacts of asthma are different in patients with severe
disease compared with patients with mild to moderate disease.• Severe asthma is …

Background The primary goal of asthma management is to achieve disease control for
reducing the risk of future exacerbations and progressive loss of lung function. Asthma not …

In 2009, an expert panel was tasked to propose a World Health Organization definition of
asthma severity and control. The result of this Task Force was a uniform definition of asthma …

Summary Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recently proposed a new
definition of severe asthma to facilitate standardized characterization of patients, and enable …

Background: Component‐resolved allergy diagnostics enables the detection of
crossreactive or species‐specific allergen components. This study analysed …

Background Very few studies have explored the distinguishing features of severe asthma in
childhood in Europe, and only one study was conducted in Southern Europe. The aim of this …

Background Children with severe asthma suffer from recurrent symptoms and impaired
quality of life despite advanced treatment. Underlying causes of severe asthma are not …

Background HRQoL in children with asthma depends on multiple factors, among which
asthma severity and level of control are believed to play a vital role. The determinants of the …

Introduction Health-related quality of life is an important outcome measurement in the
monitoring of asthma control. Self-efficacy is a determinant of self-management behaviors …

Background The long‐term respiratory characteristics of ex‐preterm children with
bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are not established. The objective of this study was to …