Advances in the care of adults with asthma and allergy in 2007

Received 20 December 2007; received in revised form 27 December 2007; accepted 27 December 2007. published online 13 February 2008.

In 2007 the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program published the Expert Panel Report 3, updating its 1997 and 2002 guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma with new emphasis on assessment and attainment of control. This review focuses on the Journal articles published in 2007 pertaining to risk and impairment in adult asthma and interventions to improve its control.

Key words: Asthma, adults, atopy, health disparities, therapeutics, adherence, inhaled corticosteroids, omalizumab, pregnancy, menopause

Abbreviations used: AMA, Against medical advice, EPR-3, Expert Panel Report 3, FEV1pp, FEV1 percent predicted, ICS, Inhaled corticosteroid

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa

Reprint requests: Andrea J. Apter, MD, MSc, 829 Gates Building, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Supported by R01 HL073932 and K02 HL088469.

Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: A. J. Apter has received research support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

PII: S0091-6749(08)00006-7

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2007.12.1176

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