Treatment of Severe Asthma.
10.3904/kjm.2018.93.2.159
- Author:
Taehoon LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea. ddol1996@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Severe asthma;
Difficult-to-treat asthma
- MeSH:
Asthma*;
Comorbidity;
Diagnostic Errors;
Quality of Life
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2018;93(2):159-171
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Severe asthma represents 3–10% of all cases of asthma, but accounts for > 60% of total asthma-related medical costs. Uncontrolled asthma symptoms and frequent asthma exacerbations associated with severe asthma have profound adverse effects on patients' quality of life. The concepts of difficult-to-treat asthma and severe asthma are different; severe asthma represents one kind of difficult-to-treat asthma. Misdiagnosis, nonadherence, and comorbidities may also be causes of difficult-to-treat asthma. This review discusses important principles in the treatment of difficult-to-treat asthma and severe asthma.
