Treatable traits and exacerbation risk in patients with uncontrolled asthma prescribed GINA step 1-3 treatment: A nationwide asthma cohort study.

Background And Objective: Uncontrolled asthma in patients treated for mild/moderate disease could be caused by non-pulmonary treatable traits (TTs) that affect asthma control negatively. We aimed to identify demographic characteristics, behavioural (smoking) and extrapulmonary (obesity, comorbidities) TTs and the risk for future exacerbations among patients with uncontrolled asthma prescribed step 1-3 treatment according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA).

Methods: Twenty-eight thousand five hundred eighty-four asthma patients (≥18 y) with a registration in the Swedish National Airway Register between 2017 and 2019 were included (index-date).

Uncontrolled asthma in school-aged children-a nationwide specialist care study.

Background: Uncontrolled asthma (UCA) is different from severe asthma and can be identified in children across all ranges of prescribed treatment.

Objective: Our aim was to characterize uncontrolled childhood asthma in pediatric specialist care.

Methods: We performed a nationwide cross-sectional study of 5497 children (aged 6-17 years) with asthma who were treated by pediatricians at outpatient clinics during 2019 and registered in the Swedish National Airway Register.

Multiple manifestations of uncontrolled asthma increase the risk of severe COVID-19.

Objective: Asthma control is of importance when assessing the risk of severe outcomes of COVID-19. The aim of this study was to explore associations of clinical characteristics and the effect of multiple manifestations of uncontrolled asthma with severe COVID-19.

Methods: In 2014-2020, adult patients with uncontrolled asthma, defined as Asthma Control Test (ACT) ≤19 were identified in the Swedish National Airway Register (SNAR) (n = 24533).

Asthma control and acute healthcare visits among young adults with asthma-A population-based study.

Aims: To study asthma control and acute healthcare visits among young adults with asthma.

Background: Despite the access to effective treatment and nursing interventions, poor asthma control is still common among individuals with asthma. However, studies describing clinical characteristics among young adults with asthma are rare.