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Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Severe Asthma
Published on: November 4, 2010
[What's new on asthma in primary care]
Brice Touilloux1, Carlos Pérez Valdés1, Laurent Nicod1
1Service de pneumologie, Département de médecine interne, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne.
Abstract:
The international recommendations of the management of asthma have been modified last years. Several therapies used since long time have no place in the management of moderate asthma today. The use of targeted immunotherapies against phenotypes of asthma are used more and more. Inhalant therapies are becoming more targeted towards the patient's wishes. This article specifies the novelties in management of asthma for de general practitioner, including the use of short acting beta2-agonists, which are no longer to be used without inhaled corticosteroid.
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