Open AccessSevere asthma: a great clinical challenge
Author(s) -
GrzeticRomcevic Tanja,
Devcic Boris,
Sonc Silvana
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-5-s2-p4
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , atopy , allergy , body mass index , pediatrics , family history , immunology
Background Patients with severe asthma represent a significant unmet clinical need. At present, the underlying mechanisms of severe asthma have not been established yet but it is likely they reflect a heterogenous pattern rather than a single unifying process. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of severe asthma as well as the clinical and physiologic characteristics of patients and to establish a pattern occuring in comorbid diseases.