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Global strategy for asthma management and prevention

Romain A. Pauwels
- 30 Sep 1996 - 
- Vol. 45, Iss: 8, pp 792
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This article is published in Japanese Journal of Allergology.The article was published on 1996-09-30 and is currently open access. It has received 10451 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Global strategy & Asthma Control Questionnaire.

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Childhood asthma: update.

TL;DR: Asthma is a reversible airways disease characterized by both smooth muscle hyperreactivity and airway inflammation, and airways reactivity, also known as bronchial hyperresponsiveness, is a result.
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Is a uniform round-the-clock theophylline blood level necessary for optimal asthma therapy in the adolescent patient?

TL;DR: Once-daily dosing with Uniphyl tablets may benefit adolescent patients with nocturnal asthma by increasing compliance and providing better asthma control, and the lower daytime theophylline levels produced by this preparation may also reduce long-term adverse effects on behavior and cognition.
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Pathophysiology of Nocturnal Asthma

TL;DR: Nocturnal asthma is associated with significant decline in pulmonary function and increase of airway inflammation at night, and the administration of medications must be designed to achieve the maximal effect during the night.
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Prevention of exercise-induced asthma by drugs inhaled from metered aerosols.

TL;DR: Most subjects seemed to obtain satisfactory protection against EIA by β2‐agonists, and SAL or SAL + DSCG gave significantly better protection (FEV1 and VTG) than D SCG and IB (P < 0.01).
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