Asthma in the elderly: Diagnosis and management

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-687

  Reed, Charles E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; diagnosis; elderly; environmental exposures; innate immunity; management; microbial colonization

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; ENDOTOXIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEINASE; THEOPHYLLINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADD ON THERAPY; AEROSOL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY REMODELING; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG DISEASE; NEBULIZER; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957807579     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.05.035     Document Type: Review

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