1. Smoking asthmatics, a neglected large phenotype of asthmatic patients
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Paraskevi Katsaounou, Lorena Garcia Conde, Matthias Gasser, Marios Ioannou, Mikaela Odemyr, Anne Lindberg, Michael E. Hyland, O. Spranger, Xavier Jaumont, and Ismail Kasujee
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Severe asthma ,Severe persistent asthma ,medicine.disease ,respiratory tract diseases ,Quality of life ,immune system diseases ,Asthma control ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Asthmatic patient ,In patient ,business ,Asthma - Abstract
Introduction: Smoking in asthma patients is an important factor contributing to worsened control of asthma. Despite increased awareness of the harmful effects of smoking in patients with asthma, a significant proportion of asthmatics remain smokers. Here, we present findings from the Still Fighting for Breath global survey regarding the prevalence of smoking in patients with severe asthma, impact of smoking on asthma control and correlation of smoking with different aspects of quality of life in patients with severe persistent asthma.
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- 2019
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