title: [Severe Asthma].
abstract: The European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society recently published the international ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma. It is aim of the guideline to establish standardized diagnostic criteria and to develop evidence based diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. In the diagnostic approach verifying the diagnosis of asthma and identifying comorbidities and contributing factors are very important. In the therapeutic guidance of asthma patients steroid insensitivity and overdosage of betamimetic inhaler therapy are typical challenges. Novel therapeutic strategies open the perspective to personalized therapy in asthma.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Pneumologie und Allergologie, Zentrum für Schlaf- und Beatmungsmedizin, Krankenhaus Bethanien Solingen.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hagmeyer
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Pneumologie und Allergologie, Zentrum für Schlaf- und Beatmungsmedizin, Krankenhaus Bethanien Solingen.
authors.forename: Winfried J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Randerath
mesh_terms: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001249:Asthma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents