Patients with persistent asthma may have poor disease control despite normal lung function: baseline data from a pan-European real-life study

R. Buhl, M. Aubier, T. Ekstrom, J. Haughney, J. Ostinelli, C. P. van Schayck, O. Selroos (Mainz, Germany; Paris, Rueil Malmaison, France; Sodertalje, Angelholm, Sweden; Aberdeen, United Kingdom; Maastricht, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Persistent asthma: still an uncontrolled disease requiring new treatments strategies in 2009
Disease area: Airway diseases

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
R. Buhl, M. Aubier, T. Ekstrom, J. Haughney, J. Ostinelli, C. P. van Schayck, O. Selroos (Mainz, Germany; Paris, Rueil Malmaison, France; Sodertalje, Angelholm, Sweden; Aberdeen, United Kingdom; Maastricht, Netherlands). Patients with persistent asthma may have poor disease control despite normal lung function: baseline data from a pan-European real-life study. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 3045

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
The ARIETTA study: baseline demographics in a real-world setting in patients with severe asthma
Source: International Congress 2017 – Bronchial asthma management
Year: 2017


Follow-up of patients with uncontrolled asthma: clinical features of asthma patients according to the level of control achieved (the COAS study)
Source: Eur Respir J , 49 (3) 1501885; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01885-2015
Year: 2017



COPD characteristics and progression of patients with high vs low health status: an analysis of the observational DACCORD study
Source: International Congress 2019 – COPD treatment: cohorts and real-world studies
Year: 2019

The effect of smoking on lung function: a clinical study of adult-onset asthma
Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1298-1306
Year: 2016



Baseline data and responses to oral steroid intervention in asthma and COPD: interim report from the BIOAIR EU study
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Asthma subphenotypes
Year: 2007



Asthma health status is better reflected by asthma control than by asthma severity in Asian patients - a prospective study
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 284s
Year: 2003

Impact and economic burden observed in asthma patients considered as mild: an analysis of the respiratory disease specific programme I
Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Burden of asthma
Year: 2003


COPD incidence in subjects with risk factors, chronic respiratory symptoms and normal spirometry: The PLATINO study>
Source: International Congress 2017 – COPD: from screening to risk factors of lung cancer
Year: 2017

The prevalence of poor sleep quality and its associated factors in patients with interstitial lung disease: a cross-sectional analysis
Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (3) 00062-2019; 10.1183/23120541.00062-2019
Year: 2019



Among respiratory symptoms, wheeze associates most strongly with impaired lung function in adults with asthma - A long-term prospective cohort study
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Asthma burden and management I
Year: 2021


Asthma control in patients with different severity degrees of asthma in primary care and the effect of a self-management program on asthma control – an observational study
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 671s
Year: 2005

Perceived and actual control in patients with severe asthma: results from a global online survey
Source: International Congress 2017 – Asthma: mechanisms and treatment
Year: 2017


Lung function indices versus symptoms for monitoring the course of the disease in patients with COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Functionality and metabolism in rehabilitation candidates
Year: 2008

An international prospective cohort study to develop a practical COPD disease risk index that predicts the clinical course of COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Comorbidities and case management in primary respiratory care
Year: 2009

1-year prospective study in severe COPD patients: marker of inflammation, lung function and radiologic evaluation
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Pathophysiology and assessment of COPD
Year: 2007


Health status predicts long-term outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Pooled analysis of patient-level data from the COPD biomarker qualification consortium database
Source: International Congress 2015 – Notable abstracts in exacerbations, mechanisms and biomarkers in COPD
Year: 2015

Is physical activity a determinant for change in FEV1 in COPD patients? A prospective cohort study
Source: International Congress 2015 – Best abstracts in physical activity in chronic lung diseases
Year: 2015

The relationship between presence of small airways disease and baseline characteristics of asthma and COPD patients
Source: International Congress 2016 – Monitoring airway diseases with different tools
Year: 2016



Combined effects of lung function, blood gases and kidney function on the exacerbation risk in stable COPD: Results from the German COSYCONET cohort.
Source: International Congress 2019 – Lung function evaluation and prognosis of airway diseases
Year: 2019



Relationship of baseline or annual change of clinical parameters on mortality in patients with COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Risk factors for COPD and lung function decline
Year: 2013