Predictors of success/failure in the control of asthmatic smoking patients under conditions of clinical practice.

Background: Tobacco smoking directly affects the airway, where it triggers a very strong local inflammatory response.

Objective: To determine the predictors of improvement or worsening of asthma control in asthmatic smokers.

Methods: Observational, prospective, multicenter, single cohort study, carried out in the outpatient pulmonology departments with a follow-up period of 6 months.

Treatment persistence and exacerbations in patients with asthma initiating treatment with inhaled corticosteroids and beta-adrenergic agonists: retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To determine treatment persistence and exacerbations in patients initiating inhaler treatment with fixed-dose combinations of inhaled corticosteroids/long-acting beta-2-adrenergic agonists (ICS/LABA) for the treatment of asthma.

Design: Retrospective observational study conducted by review of electronic medical records (database: Fundación RediSS).

Setting: Retrospective cohort study.

Concordance of opinions between patients and physicians and their relationship with symptomatic control and future risk in patients with moderate-severe asthma.

Introduction: Differences between the opinions of patients and physicians on the impact of asthma are common. We hypothesised that patient-physician discordance may negatively affect asthma outcome.

Methods: A total of 2902 patients (61% women, mean age 47 years) with moderate-severe asthma and 231 physicians participated in a prospective study.