title: Advances in adult asthma diagnosis and treatment and health outcomes, education, delivery, and quality in 2008.
abstract: In 2008 the Journal reported new findings in management of asthma. Dosing schedules of inhaled steroids have been modified and individualized. New, more costly propellants are replacing ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons. An association of asthma with pneumococcal disease has been observed. Smoking bans in public places are eliminating second-hand smoke and reducing asthma-related emergency department visits among adults. In contrast with these advances, however, disparity in asthma morbidity persists: black persons compared with white persons have a 4-fold greater risk of an asthma-related emergency department visit.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. apter@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Andrea J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Apter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D012307:Risk Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution