Pierre Ernst

TL;DR: Compliance to ICS in patients with asthma is often suboptimal and difficult to predict, and the observations suggest that some asthmatics may be overtreated with ICS.

TL;DR: This study supported the use of MAP to enhance asthma quality of life but not asthma control as measured by an administrative database, and implemented tailored protocols for monitoring symptoms and health behaviors as individuals’ knowledge and self-management skills improve may result in long-term gains in asthma control.

TL;DR: The objectives of this meeting were to examine the optimal implementation of practice guidelines, review current initiatives for the implementation of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) guidelines in Canada and in the rest of the world, and develop an optimal strategy for future guideline implementation.

TL;DR: The short term use of SGLT2 inhibitors was associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular events compared with the use of DPP-4 inhibitors, and similar benefits for MACE were observed with canagliflozin.

TL;DR: Cigarette smoking has a dose related adverse effect on the evolution of ventilatory lung function in young adulthood.