ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2019
Bariatric surgery: a potential cure for asthma?
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- Metabolic Reprogramming and ILC2 Plasticity in Obesity-related Asthma.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2026Review
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- Bariatric Surgery in Asthma: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Documentation of comorbidities, lifestyle factors, and asthma management during primary care scheduled asthma contacts.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2024Article
- TRP channels associated with macrophages as targets for the treatment of obese asthma.Lipids in health and disease · 2024Review
- Effect of Obesity on Lung Function in the Pediatric and Adult Populations with Asthma: A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Multimorbidity in Difficult Asthma: The Need for Personalised and Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Address a Difficult Breathing Syndrome.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- The Gut/Lung Microbiome Axis in Obesity, Asthma, and Bariatric Surgery: A Literature Review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Review
- The Management of Extrapulmonary Comorbidities and Treatable Traits; Obesity, Physical Inactivity, Anxiety, and Depression, in Adults With Asthma.Frontiers in allergy · 2021Review
- Imbalanced Coagulation in the Airway of Type-2 High Asthma with Comorbid Obesity.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2021Review
- Bariatric Surgery: Remission of Inflammation, Cardiometabolic Benefits, and Common Adverse Effects.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2020Review
- Childhood Origins of Adult Lung Disease as Opportunities for Prevention.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2020Article
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Abstract
Asthma incidence and severity are increased in obese populations. Systematic reviews have shown benefit from weight-loss interventions on asthma outcomes, but the role of bariatric surgery is still unclear. In this review, cohorts of obese asthmatic patients undergoing bariatric surgery were examined regarding different asthma outcomes. The available data on patients who were followed up showed improvements in asthma control, exacerbation risk, asthma-related hospitalisation, medication use and airway hyperresponsiveness, with some patients not requiring further treatment for asthma. Follow-up duration was variable, being mostly of 1 year, with some studies reporting long-term outcomes after 5 years. The studies reviewed had many limitations, including small numbers of patients, lack of control arm in some studies and lack of standardisation of asthma diagnosis, classification and outcome measures, in addition to possible reporting bias. Data on small numbers of patients also show the possibility of benefit exclusively in nonallergic asthma. Larger, more stringent clinical trials are needed before recommending bariatric surgery for treatment of asthma.
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