Asthma in the older adult.

The older adult population is increasing worldwide, and a significant percentage has asthma. This review will discuss the challenges to diagnosis and management of asthma in older adults. : PubMed was searched for multiple terms in various combinations, including asthma, older adult, elderly, comorbid conditions, asthma diagnosis, asthma treatment, biologics and medication side effects, and adverse events.

Understanding the relationship among pharmacoadherence measures, asthma control test scores, and office-based spirometry.

Background: This study used accepted asthma metrics and pharmaceutical claim data to develop a new asthma metric as a possible surrogate for spirometry and to better assess asthma control.

Objective: To develop and validate a new asthma metric called the Rescue Index (RI) based on β(2)-agonist dispensings and to test the feasibility of a multivariate model to construct a global asthma metric called the Asthma Control Index (ACI).

Methods: This prospective, observational, multicenter cohort study was conducted at the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) and at the Phoenix VA Health Care System (PVAHCS).