John Haughney|David Price|Alan Kaplan|Henry Chrystyn|Rob Horne|Nick May|Mandy Moffat|Jennifer Versnel|Eamonn Shanahan|Elizabeth V. Hillyer|Alf Tunsäter|Leif Bjermer
Achieving asthma control in practice: Understanding the reasons for poor control
University of Aberdeen|University of Aberdeen|TD Bank Group|University of Huddersfield|University of London|University of Aberdeen|Asthma UK|Summit (United Kingdom)|Farran Technology (Ireland)|Lund University|Lund University
achieving asthma control remains elusive goal majority patients worldwide ensuring correct diagnosis asthma first step assessing poor symptom control requires returning basics history taking physical examination conjunction lung function measurement appropriate number factors may contribute suboptimal asthma control concomitant rhinitis common copathology contributor poor control often identified asking simple question smoking identified cause poor asthma control practical barriers poor inhaler technique must addressed appreciation patients views concerns maintenance asthma therapy help guide discussion address perceptual barriers taking maintenance therapy doubts personal necessity concerns potential adverse effects study greater consideration factors patient characteristics could predict individual responses asthma therapies needed finally clinical trials enrol patient populations reflecting real world diversity patients seen clinical practice including wide age ranges presence comorbidities current smoking differing ethnic origins contribute better individual patient management