ReviewThe World Allergy Organization journal2014
Asthma in the elderly: what we know and what we have yet to know.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Predictors of Asthma Control by Stepwise Treatment in Elderly Asthmatic Patients.Journal of Korean medical science · 2015Trial
- [Asthma Management and Control in Germany in Light of Current Guidelines].Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- Age- and Sex-Stratified Population-Based Estimates of Hospitalization-Requiring Asthma Exacerbation in Korea during Prepandemic Period (2002-2019).Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2026Article
- Clinical Characteristics of Geriatric Asthma in Guangxi of China: A Retrospective Comparative Descriptive Study.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2026Article
- Innate Immune System Biomarkers in Asthma in Older Age: A Mini Review.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2026Review
- Exacerbation-related burden in patients with severe asthma in South Korea: a population-based cohort study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Article
- Trends of asthma mortality in china: a comprehensive analysis by population, region, and sex with future projections.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Retrospective Cohort Study of Elderly Users of Single- or Multiple-Inhaler Triple Therapy for the Treatment of Asthma in the USA.Pulmonary therapy · 2025Article
- Aging, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and allergen-induced pulmonary responses in mice.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2025Article
- Profiling severe asthma: Any relevance for age? An analysis from Severe Asthma Network Italy (SANI) cohort.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2024Article
- Comparison of Asthma Phenotypes in Severe Asthma Cohorts (SARP, U-BIOPRED, ProAR and COREA) From 4 Continents.Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2024Article
- Costs of Air Pollution in California's San Joaquin Valley: A Societal Perspective of the Burden of Asthma on Emergency Departments and Inpatient Care.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2024Article
- Life Course of Asthma.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023Article
- Management of Elderly Asthma: Key Questions and Tentative Answers.Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2023Review
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- Plant-Based Diets and the Incidence of Asthma Symptoms among Elderly Women, and the Mediating Role of Body Mass Index.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Cytokine levels in children and adults with wheezing and asthma show specific patterns of variability over time.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2021Article
- Asthma Associated Cytokines Regulate the Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 in the Lung Tissue of Asthmatic Patients.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Article
- Socioeconomic-related determinants of asthma in the elderly.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
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20 authors at 18 institutions in 10 countries.
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Abstract
In the past, asthma was considered mainly as a childhood disease. However, asthma is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly nowadays. In addition, the burden of asthma is more significant in the elderly than in their younger counterparts, particularly with regard to mortality, hospitalization, medical costs or health-related quality of life. Nevertheless, asthma in the elderly is still been underdiagnosed and undertreated. Therefore, it is an imperative task to recognize our current challenges and to set future directions. This project aims to review the current literature and identify unmet needs in the fields of research and practice for asthma in the elderly. This will enable us to find new research directions, propose new therapeutic strategies, and ultimately improve outcomes for elderly people with asthma. There are data to suggest that asthma in older adults is phenotypically different from young patients, with potential impact on the diagnosis, assessment and management in this population. The diagnosis of AIE in older populations relies on the same clinical findings and diagnostic tests used in younger populations, but the interpretation of the clinical data is more difficult. The challenge today is to encourage new research in AIE but to use the existing knowledge we have to make the diagnosis of AIE, educate the patient, develop a therapeutic approach to control the disease, and ultimately provide a better quality of life to our elderly patients.
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