Asthma management, focused on the use of oral corticosteroids: the opinions of Italian asthmatic patients

CONCLUSIONS: The survey results confirmed many problems related to mild-moderate and severe asthma management in Italy and highlighted the overuse of OCS rather than more effective and safe treatments, which had strong negative effects on HRQoL.PMID:38578082 | DOI:10.1080/02770903.2024.2338863

Source: Journal of Asthma - April 5, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Manuela Latorre Angela Rizzi Pierluigi Paggiaro Ilaria Baiardini Diego Bagnasco Stefano DelGiacco Carlo Lombardi Vincenzo Patella Eleonora Nucera Roberta Parente Giovanni Paoletti Laura Pini Erminia Ridolo Gianenrico Senna Francesco Blasi Giorgio Walter C Source Type: research