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Asthma in the Elderly
Bronchial asthma is a common problem with enormous medical and economics impacts. It is an inflammatory disease of the airways associated with intermittent episodes of bronchospasm. Asthma is not uncommon in the elderly patients. Prevalence of asthma is similar in older and younger adults. Asthma in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771152/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19888424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/858415 |
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author | Urso, Domenico Lorenzo |
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description | Bronchial asthma is a common problem with enormous medical and economics impacts. It is an inflammatory disease of the airways associated with intermittent episodes of bronchospasm. Asthma is not uncommon in the elderly patients. Prevalence of asthma is similar in older and younger adults. Asthma in the elderly patient is underdiagnosed because of false perceptions by both patient and physician. The high incidence of comorbid conditions in the elderly patient makes the diagnosis and management more difficult. Correct diagnosis is demonstrated with spirometry. The goals of asthma treatment are to achieve and maintain control of symptoms and to prevent development of irreversible airflow limitation. Asthma drugs are preferably inhaled because this route minimizes systemic absorption and, thus, improves the ratio of the therapeutic benefit to the potential side-effects in elderly patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-27711522009-11-03 Asthma in the Elderly Urso, Domenico Lorenzo Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res Review Article Bronchial asthma is a common problem with enormous medical and economics impacts. It is an inflammatory disease of the airways associated with intermittent episodes of bronchospasm. Asthma is not uncommon in the elderly patients. Prevalence of asthma is similar in older and younger adults. Asthma in the elderly patient is underdiagnosed because of false perceptions by both patient and physician. The high incidence of comorbid conditions in the elderly patient makes the diagnosis and management more difficult. Correct diagnosis is demonstrated with spirometry. The goals of asthma treatment are to achieve and maintain control of symptoms and to prevent development of irreversible airflow limitation. Asthma drugs are preferably inhaled because this route minimizes systemic absorption and, thus, improves the ratio of the therapeutic benefit to the potential side-effects in elderly patients. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2009-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2771152/ /pubmed/19888424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/858415 Text en Copyright © 2009 Domenico Lorenzo Urso. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Urso, Domenico Lorenzo Asthma in the Elderly |
title | Asthma in the Elderly |
title_full | Asthma in the Elderly |
title_fullStr | Asthma in the Elderly |
title_full_unstemmed | Asthma in the Elderly |
title_short | Asthma in the Elderly |
title_sort | asthma in the elderly |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771152/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19888424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/858415 |
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