Managing severe asthma

S Wenzel, SJ Szefler - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2006 - jacionline.org
Severe asthma, although present in a relatively small proportion of the total population with
asthma, comprises the group of patients with the greatest morbidity and who are in particular
need of a careful evaluation and innovative approach to management. Task forces have
been assembled by the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society to
discuss the definition, evaluation, and management of severe asthma. 1, 2 The American
Thoracic Society focused its attention on refractory asthma and concluded that major …