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Quadrupling inhaled glucocorticoid dose to abort asthma exacerbations (2018)
Journal Article
McKeever, T., Mortimer, K., Wilson, A., Walker, S., Brightling, C., Skeggs, A., …Harrison, T. (2018). Quadrupling inhaled glucocorticoid dose to abort asthma exacerbations. New England Journal of Medicine, 378(10), 902-910. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1714257

Copyright © 2018 Massachusetts Medical Society. BACKGROUND Asthma exacerbations are frightening for patients and are occasionally fatal. We tested the concept that a plan for patients to manage their asthma (self-management plan), which included a te... Read More about Quadrupling inhaled glucocorticoid dose to abort asthma exacerbations.

A randomised pragmatic trial of corticosteroid optimization in severe asthma using a composite biomarker algorithm to adjust corticosteroid dose versus standard care: study protocol for a randomised trial (2018)
Journal Article
Hanratty, C. E., Matthews, J. G., Arron, J. R., Choy, D. F., Pavord, I. D., Bradding, P., …Heaney, L. G. (2018). A randomised pragmatic trial of corticosteroid optimization in severe asthma using a composite biomarker algorithm to adjust corticosteroid dose versus standard care: study protocol for a randomised trial. Trials, 19, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2384-7

Background: Patients with difficult-to-control asthma consume 50–60% of healthcare costs attributed to asthma and cost approximately five-times more than patients with mild stable disease. Recent evidence demonstrates that not all patients with asthm... Read More about A randomised pragmatic trial of corticosteroid optimization in severe asthma using a composite biomarker algorithm to adjust corticosteroid dose versus standard care: study protocol for a randomised trial.