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Specialist Perception of Severe Asthma in Korea: A Questionnaire Survey

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Abstract
The Working Group on Severe Asthma of the Korean Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology recently published an expert opinion paper on the management of severe asthma in Korea. When developing a consensus, the working group encountered several diagnostic and treatment issues and decided to perform a questionnaire survey of Korean specialists with regard to severe asthma. An e-mail with a uniform resource locator link to the questionnaire was sent to 121 asthma specialists, of whom 44.6% responded. The most commonly accepted definitions of severe asthma were a history of fatal exacerbation or an asthma-triggered need for mechanical ventilation, 3-4 oral corticosteroid (OCS) bursts/year, and maintenance of OCS therapy for 3-6 months per year. Before diagnosing severe asthma, most physicians contemplate chest computed tomography, seek to control chronic rhinosinusitis, and consider poor inhaler compliance. For patients with uncontrolled severe asthma accompanied by type 2 (T2)-high inflammation, most biologics available in Korea were considered appropriate, but gaps were apparent in terms of T2-low asthma treatments. These findings about specialist perception of diagnosis and treatment of severe asthma will inform the use of emerging new drugs and facilitate personalized therapy.
Author(s)
오연목이태훈조유숙An Soo JangByung Keun KimChin Kook RheeGa Young BanHa Kyeong WonHeung Woo ParkHwa Young LeeHyun LeeJae Hyun LeeJae Won JeongJae Woo KwonJi Hyang LeeJi Su ShimJi Yong MoonJin AnJong Sook ParkKorean Academy of AsthmaAlleKwang Ha YooKyoung Hee SohnMi Ae KimMin
Issued Date
2021
Type
Article
Keyword
Asthmabiological productsBrief Communicationconsensusdiagnosisdisease managementstandardssurveys and questionnairestherapeutics
DOI
10.4168/aair.2021.13.3.507
URI
https://oak.ulsan.ac.kr/handle/2021.oak/7115
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Publisher
ALLERGY ASTHMA IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH
Location
대한민국
Language
영어
ISSN
2092-7355
Citation Volume
13
Citation Number
3
Citation Start Page
507
Citation End Page
514
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