Journal article
Effect of different asthma treatments on risk of cold-related exacerbations
Abstract
Common colds often trigger asthma exacerbations. The present study compared cold-related severe exacerbations during budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy, and different regimens of maintenance inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), with or without long-acting β(2)-agonists (LABA), and with as-needed short-acting β(2)-agonists (SABA) or LABA. Reported colds and severe exacerbations (defined by oral corticosteroid use and/or …
Authors
Reddel HK; Jenkins C; Quirce S; Sears MR; Bateman ED; O’Byrne PM; Humbert M; Buhl R; Harrison T; Brusselle GG
Journal
European Respiratory Journal, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 584–593
Publisher
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Publication Date
September 2011
DOI
10.1183/09031936.00186510
ISSN
0903-1936