Defining remission in asthma care

Treatments for asthma continue to evolve and with the development of biologics, we are now entering an arena where some patients appear to have their asthma symptoms disappear entirely. This dramatic improvement in a chronic disease is reminiscent of remission in other chronic illnesses, such as rheumatoid arthritis, but until now there has been no accepted definition for remission in asthma. In this issue of Annals, a workgroup that involved asthma experts from North America have put together a list of 6 criteria that they have defined as indicating remission of asthma.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research