use of drugs in asthma was conducted. A search in literature databases found 16 such studies, which were reviewed and …

retrospective observational study consisted of 18 456 children aged 2-18 years diagnosed with asthma, who had been continuously … hospitalizations; however, only 3.7% of children had an asthma-related hospitalization. Overall asthma care expenditures increased with …

, reliability and responsiveness of a parent-child dyad approach to utility and HR-QOL assessment of paediatric asthma health states …. Abstract: Methods:Methods: The setting was specialist care in a hospital-based asthma clinic. Participants were 91 girls and … boys with asthma aged 8 to 17 years and 91 parents. The intervention employed was parent-child dyad administration of the …

agonists) as add-on therapy for patients whose asthma symptoms are not controlled on low-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS …-on therapy for patients whose asthma symptoms are not controlled on low-dose ICS. Abstract: Methods:Methods: An economic …. Patients aged 12-80 years with asthma insufficiently controlled with ICS (n - 361) were randomly assigned to add-on LTRAs (n …

-care setting - of leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) as an alternative to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for initial asthma … asthma controller therapy. Abstract: Methods:Methods: An economic evaluation was conducted alongside a 2-year, pragmatic …, randomized controlled trial set in 53 primary-care practices in the UK. Patients aged 12-80 years with asthma and symptoms …

Background: Asthma is a chronic disease, the two main components of which are inflammation and bronchoconstriction …. Fluticasone propionate (FP) and salmeterol, a strategy that treats both main components of asthma, has been recently compared with …. Objective: To determine the relative cost effectiveness when persistent asthma is treated with FP/salmeterol 100/50mug twice …

Asthma is the most common chronic disorder in industrialised nations, with over 100 million people worldwide affected … used to treat asthma. They function by selectively competing for the leukotriene receptor sites, thereby blocking their … Asthma treatment guidelines have clarified the role of leukotriene modifiers in the management of asthma in adults and …

tolerated treatment option for patients with asthma. We compared the cost effectiveness from a societal perspective of this one …: Adolescents and adults with asthma (n = 2143; mean forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1] 73% predicted; mean inhaled … asthma in Italy, Germany, France and the UK. SMART provided a reduction in the number of severe exacerbations per patient per …

-adrenoceptor agonist (LABA) for patients with asthma is more effective than the use of ICS alone in equivalent or higher doses, as … assessment of the cost effectiveness of ICS plus LABA combination therapy for asthma. A systematic literature research was …