Manifesto on united airways diseases (UAD): an Interasma (global asthma association - GAA) document.
Angelica I TiotiuPlamena NovakovaIlaria BaiardiniAndras BikovHerberto Chong-NetoJaime Correia de SousaAlexander EmelyanovEnrico HefflerGuillermo Guidos FogelbachKrzysztof KowalMarina LaborStefan MihaicutaDenislava NedevaSylvia NovakovaPaschalis SteiropoulosIgnacio J AnsoteguiJonathan A BernsteinLouis-Philippe BouletGiorgio Walter CanonicaLawrence DubuskeCarlos NunesJuan Carlos IvancevichPierachille SantusNelson RosarioTommaso PerazzoMatteo BoniniPublished in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2021)
Patients with UAD need to have a timely and adequate diagnosis, treatment, and, when recommended, referral for management in a specialized center. Diagnostic testing including skin prick or serum specific IgE, lung function, fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), polysomnography, allergen-specific immunotherapies, biological therapies and home based continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) whenever these are recommended, should be part of the management plan for UAD. Education of medical students, physicians, health professionals, patients and caregivers on the UAD is needed.
Keyphrases
- lung function
- obstructive sleep apnea
- positive airway pressure
- sleep apnea
- cystic fibrosis
- nitric oxide
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- medical students
- air pollution
- palliative care
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- soft tissue
- quality improvement
- hydrogen peroxide