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Benefits of omalizumab as add-on therapy in patients with severe persistent asthma who are inadequately controlled despite best available therapy (GINA 2002 step 4 treatment): INNOVATE

Marc Humbert, +2 more
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The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 848 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Omalizumab.

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Global strategy for asthma management and prevention: GINA executive summary.

TL;DR: It is reasonable to expect that in most patients with asthma, control of the disease can and should be achieved and maintained, and the Global Initiative for Asthma recommends a change in approach to asthma management, with asthma control, rather than asthma severity, being the focus of treatment decisions.
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Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines: 2010 Revision

TL;DR: These are the most recent and currently the most systematically and transparently developed recommendations about the treatment of allergic rhinitis in adults and children and patients are encouraged to use these recommendations in their daily practice and to support their decisions.
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TL;DR: Asthma severity predicted both recurrent hospital visits and all-cause mortality among older adults with asthma requiring hospital care and was the strongest independent risk factor for both a recurrent hospital visit and death.
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TL;DR: Investigation of deaths attributable to asthma in residents of Wales under the age of 65 years found some preventable asthma deaths still occur but, if doctors are aware of high risk patients, increased vigilance may prevent some deaths.
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