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ReviewLung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society

Repeated exacerbation of asthma: An intrinsic phenotype of uncontrolled asthma.

Neeraj Jain, K Satish, Nitin Abhyankar, Nila Velayudhan, Jayakumar Gurunathan

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Review in Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neeraj JainDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
K SatishDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Cunningham Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Nitin AbhyankarDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Poona Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Nila VelayudhanRespiratory Medical Affairs, AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Jayakumar GurunathanRespiratory Medical Affairs, AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital · INAstraZeneca (India) · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways affecting a large number of people across the globe. Uncontrolled asthma poses an emotional as well as the physical burden on patients and results in a great economic burden. "Exacerbation-prone phenotype" asthmatics are a cluster of patients who may suffer from more frequent and severe exacerbations than other asthmatics. Factors such as inadequate symptom control, improper adherence to medications, and incorrect use of inhalers are responsible for frequent asthma exacerbations. Caring for the patient with "exacerbation-prone asthma" needs participation from both the doctor as well as the patient. Self-management, improving knowledge about the disease, control of comorbidities, and a stepwise approach with the use of a single inhaler maintenance and reliever therapy in patients with severe asthma could help in delivering better care for the "exacerbation-prone phenotype" of asthmatics.

Indexed as

Exacerbation-proneinhalersphenotypesevere asthma

Identifiers

PMID30829247
PMCPMC6410599
OpenAlexW2919337676

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