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ReviewSouth African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care2021

Severe asthma in South Africa: A literature review and management approach for primary care.

Huibrecht C Lion-Cachet, John M M Musonda, Olufemi B Omole

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Review in South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Depemokimab in eosinophilic asthma - a new era in biological therapy?African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Huibrecht C Lion-CachetDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. carienlc@koshcom.co.za.
John M M Musonda
Olufemi B Omole

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe asthma in South Africa (SA) is underappreciated, especially in the primary care setting. This study highlights the epidemiological context of severe asthma as a phenotypic variant. Primary care practitioners, as first-contact medical providers, need grounding in the management of severe asthma based on the precision of diagnosis and negotiated along the 10-point strategy. The underdiagnosis and undertreatment of asthma ought to inform educational programmes and research in this country.

Indexed as

AsthmaHumansPrimary Health CareSouth Africadifficult to treatepidemiological contextmanagement approachprimary caresevere asthmatreatment-resistantuncontrolled

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PMID33567835
PMCPMC8378165

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