PMID: 18183329Jan 10, 2008Paper

Pulmonary embolism and difficult-to-treat asthma

Revista portuguesa de pneumologia
Catarina Teles MartinsA Bugalho de Almeida

Abstract

Asthma control is a key point in patient management. GINA's most recent report emphasises the need to investigate uncontrolled asthma, of which non-compliance with treatment, COPD, smoking, chronic sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease and obesity are the usual causes. The aim of this work is to evaluate the role of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in cases of difficult- -to-treat asthma. We reviewed the case reports of patients with severe persistent asthma followed in our Asthma Outpatients Clinic between 2004 and 2006. We selected the ones that maintained uncontrolled disease despite an optimal therapeutical approach and investigated the causes. In this group (n=254), 28 (11%) had severe persistent asthma and their mean age was 44 +/- SD18 years old. 86% were females. Of these, 57% (n=16) had uncontrolled disease: 35% (n=6) due to non-compliance with treatment; 29% (n=5) pulmonary thrombombolism (scintigraphic confirmation); 12% (n=2) severe rhinosinusitis; 6% (n=1) hypereosinophilic syndrome; 6% (n=1) persistent allergen exposure and 6% (n=1) are still being investigated. Patients with TPE (mean age 56 +/- SD9 years old; 80% females; 80% Caucasians) were diagnosed with asthma as adults (mean age 37 +/- SD14 years old). ...Continue Reading

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