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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2021

Multidisciplinary Care for Severe or Uncontrolled Chronic Upper Airway Diseases.

Ioannis Vlastos, Joaquim Mullol, Valerie Hox, Maria Doulaptsi, Sven Seys, Peter Hellings, Emmanuel Prokopakis

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Global Airways Unit: A Multidisciplinary Strategy for Early Diagnosis and Comorbidity Detection.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2026
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  2. National and Subnational Models of Care That Support Primary Health Care: A Mixed-Methods Study.The International journal of health planning and management · 2026
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  5. Identifying barriers to care for complex airway disease and multidisciplinary solutions to optimize therapy in Canada.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ioannis VlastosDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Crete, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2741-5877
Joaquim MullolRhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona; Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS; and CIBERES, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Valerie HoxDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Maria DoulaptsiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Crete, Greece.
Sven SeysAllergy & Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Peter HellingsAllergy & Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Emmanuel ProkopakisDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Crete, Greece. eprokopakis@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewA multidisciplinary approach is regarded as the best practice for many chronic diseases, such as cancer and asthma, with well-documented value. There is also evidence that it may be beneficial to patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and/or allergic airway disease presenting to tertiary referral centres. We discuss here whether and how organizing this kind of healthcare transition into a more integrated care pathway would benefit severe chronic upper airways disease (SCUAD) management. RECENT

findingsBased on a recent related EUFOREA panel discussion, literature search, and review of the best overseas practices, an appropriate implementation strategy of multidisciplinary care and its potential results are presented. Organizational principles, hurdles, and challenges of the process, as well as envisaged solutions and results, are being reported. The efficiency of care and the quality control assessment are concepts that are currently gaining importance. At the same time, novel treatment options based on molecular and precision medicine advancements, such as biologics, are being increasingly prescribed. Appropriately organized multidisciplinary care teams can adapt to new demands, data, and discoveries to assure maximum benefit for both patients and healthcare professionals.

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Lung DiseasesRhinitisSinusitisChronic DiseaseHumansPatient Care TeamMultidisciplinary approachRhinosinusitisSCUAD

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