6 Result(s)

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Is there a rationale and role for long-acting anticholinergic bronchodilators in asthma?

Despite current guidelines and the range of available treatments, over a half of patients with asthma continue to suffer from poor symptomatic control and remain at risk of future worsening. Although a number ...

David Price, Leonard Fromer, Alan Kaplan… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2014)

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Solving the mystery of the yellow zone of the asthma action plan

Samir Gupta, Alan Kaplan in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2018)

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Impact of comorbid conditions on asthmatic adults and children

Comorbid conditions (comorbidities) can complicate the diagnosis and management of asthma. In different age groups, comorbid conditions can present varying challenges, including diagnostic confusion due to mim...

Alan Kaplan, Stanley J. Szefler… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2020)

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Comparing LAMA with LABA and LTRA as add-on therapies in primary care asthma management

The Global Initiative for Asthma recommends a stepwise approach to adjust asthma treatment to the needs of individual patients; inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) remain the core pharmacological treatment. However,...

Alan Kaplan, J. Mark FitzGerald, Roland Buhl… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2020)

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A call to action for improving clinical outcomes in patients with asthma

Andrew McIvor, Alan Kaplan in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2020)

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Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management

Sex (whether one is ‘male’ or ‘female’, based on biological characteristics) and gender (defined by socially constructed roles and behaviors) influence asthma diagnosis and management. For example, women gener...

Louis-Philippe Boulet, Kim L. Lavoie… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2022)