Specialist Perception of Severe Asthma in Korea: A Questionnaire Survey
- 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)
- 오연목; 이태훈; 조유숙; An Soo Jang; Byung Keun Kim; Chin Kook Rhee; Ga Young Ban; Ha Kyeong Won; Heung Woo Park; Hwa Young Lee; Hyun Lee; Jae Hyun Lee; Jae Won Jeong; Jae Woo Kwon; Ji Hyang Lee; Ji Su Shim; Ji Yong Moon; Jin An; Jong Sook Park; Korean Academy of Asthma; Alle; Kwang Ha Yoo; Kyoung Hee Sohn; Mi Ae Kim; Min
- Issued Date
- 2021
- Type
- Article
- Keyword
- Asthma; biological products; Brief Communication; consensus; diagnosis; disease management; standards; surveys and questionnaires; therapeutics
- 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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