Physician's experience on managing asthma in adolescents: results of the International AMADO (Asthma Management in ADOlescents) survey.

Background: Worldwide prevalence of asthma seems to be increasing in adolescents, but limited data is available regarding the management of asthma in this age group.

Objective: Therefore, we conducted an international survey focused on physicians who manage asthma in order to understand how Asthma Management in ADOlescents (AMADO) is currently performed.

Methods: The AMADO survey is a web-based global survey of physician's attitudes towards the management of asthma in adolescents, circulated for 17 weeks.

Effects of specific allergen immunotherapy on biological markers and clinical parameters in asthmatic children: a controlled-real life study.

Background: Allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) is the only treatment able to change the natural course of allergic diseases. We aimed at investigating the clinical efficacy of SLITOR (Serbian registered vaccine for sublingual allergen specific immunotherapy).

Methods: 7-18 years old children with allergic asthma and rhinitis were enrolled and addressed to the active (AIT plus pharmacological treatment) or control (standard pharmacological treatment only) group.

Current issues on sublingual allergen-specific immunotherapy in children with asthma and allergic rhinitis.

In 1993 the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology was the first official organization to recognize that sublingual administration could be “promising route” for allergic desensitization. A few years later, the World Health Organization recommended this therapy as “a viable alternative to the injection route in adults.” The first meta-analysis showed sublingual allergen specific immunotherapy (SLIT) effectiveness for allergic rhinitis and another study showed SLIT can actually help prevent the development of asthma both in adults and in children.