title: Advances in adult asthma diagnosis and treatment and HEDQ in 2010.
abstract: This summary reviews research published over the past year on asthma and through the prism of health care delivery and quality. Special attention is given to management, therapeutics, and the role of environmental exposures and their interactions with genetics. The discussion is framed around the 3 stages of translational research: from bench to first studies in human subjects, then to larger efficacy studies in well-defined patient populations, and finally into practice through effectiveness research in real-world settings.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & 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; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015415:Biomarkers; D006801:Humans; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D015415:Biomarkers