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[Consensus document for Severe Asthma. 2025 Update]
Francisco Javier Álvarez-Gutiérrez1, Marina Blanco Aparicio2, Francisco Casas Maldonado3
1Unidad de Asma. UMQER. Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España.
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Severe asthma is a heterogeneous syndrome with several clinical variants and often represents a complex disease requiring a specialized and multidisciplinary approach, as well as the use of multiple drugs. The prevalence of severe asthma varies from one country to another, and it is estimated that 50% of these patients present a poor control of their disease. For the best management of the patient, it is necessary to have a correct diagnosis, an adequate follow-up and undoubtedly to offer the best available treatment, including biologic treatments with monoclonal antibodies. With this objective, this consensus process was born, which began in its first version in 2018, whose goal is to offer the patient the best possible management of their disease to minimize their symptomatology. For this 2025 consensus update, a literature review was conducted by the authors, and new sections of how to treat asthma comorbidities or pediatric asthma were added, as a paragraph about monoclonal antibody switch. Subsequently, through a two-round interactive Delphi process, a broad panel of asthma experts from SEPAR and the regional pulmonology societies proposed the recommendations and conclusions contained in this document.
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