Inhaled corticosteroids have revolutionized the treatment of asthma and have now become
the mainstay of therapy for patients with chronic disease (1). In a supplement to this journal …

Objectives: To provide physicians with current guidelines for the diagnosis and optimal
management of asthma in children and adults, including pregnant women and the elderly, in …

Asthma is a serious health problem throughout the world. During the past two decades,
many scientific advances have improved our understanding of asthma and ability to manage …

The first practice parameter on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) was published in
2010. This updated practice parameter was prepared 5 years later. In the ensuing years …

The goal of “Pathogenesis, Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Management of Exercise-Induced
Bronchoconstriction: A Practice Parameter” is to empower health care specialty practitioners …

This thoroughly revised and expanded reference provides authoritative discussions on the
physiologic, pharmacologic, metabolic, molecular, cellular and physicochemical factors …

The article compares the efficacy and safety of inhaled glucocorticosteroids (GCSs) in
patients with asthma. Beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) is a pro-drug for beclomethasone …

Indirect challenges cause the release of endogenous mediators that cause the airway
smooth muscle to contract and the airways to narrow. Airway sensitivity to indirect …

Background: This study tested the hypothesis that there would be improved asthma control
with increasing doses of beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) formulated in …

Exercise-induced asthma, as recognized in asthmatic subjects, is an exaggerated airway
response to airway dehydration in the presence of inflammatory cells and their mediators …