Mohamed S. Al-Hajjaj

TL;DR: This new version of SINA includes updates of acute and chronic asthma management, with more emphasis on the use of Asthma Control Test in the management of asthma, and a new section on “difficult-to-treat asthma.”

TL;DR: This guideline is established for the treatment of asthma in both children and adults, with special attention to children 5 years and younger, and is expected that the implementation of these guidelines for treating asthma will lead to better asthma control and decrease patient utilization of the health care system.

TL;DR: Of all the SNPs analyzed, only rs17880588 showed a significant association with asthma in the Saudi population the authors studied, and levels of IL17A and IL17F were significantly upregulated in the asthma patients.

TL;DR: Control of bronchial asthma is still a major concern in the population of Saudi Arabia, and the younger age group less than 20 had better control of asthma in comparison with older patients.

TL;DR: Smoking prevalence among secondary schools students in Saudi Arabia is high and alarming and there is a need to implement an education program about the risks of smoking and to include parents and friends as healthy models to prevent students from beginning to smoke.