Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1997 N° 1
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1. A 12-week dose-ranging study of fluticasone propionate powder in the treatment of asthma 2. Use of oral corticosteroids in the community and the prevention of secondary osteoporosis: a cross sectional study 3. A placebo-controlled multicenter study of auranofin in the treatment of patients with corticosteroid-dependent asthma 4. Effects of theophylline on inflammatory cells and cytokines in asthmatic subjects: a placebo-controlled parallel group study 5. Effects of regular salmeterol on lung function and exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive airways disease 6. Asthma treatment in pregnancy: a randomized controlled study Asmanet   France
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			Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1997 N° 2
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1. Effectiveness of fluticasone propionate 2. Comparison of budesonide via Turbohaler and fluticasone propionate via disc-inhaler 3. The effect of the menstrual cycle on asthma presentations in the emergency department 4. Effects of prednisolone on bone turnover in patients with corticosteroid resistant asthma 5. A risk-benefit assessment of methotrexate in cortico-steroid dependent asthma Asmanet   France
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			Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1997 N° 3
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1. Effect of multiple actuations, delayed inhalation and antistatic treatment on the lung bioavailability of salbutamol via a spacer device 2. Bronchodilators and acute cardiac death 3. Adult asthma and gastro-oesophageal reflux: the effects of omeprazole therapy on asthma 4. Dose-response of inhaled drugs in asthma: an update 5. An inhaled glucocorticoid does not prevent tolerance to the bronchoprotective effect of a long-acting inhaled b2-agonist 6. Knemometry, urine cortisol excretion, and measures of the insulin-like growth factor axis and collagen turnover in children treated with inhaled glucocorticosteroids 7. Comparison of short courses of oral prednisolone and fluticasone propionate in the treatment of adults with acute exacerbations of asthma in primary care 8. Changes in bone markers in children with asthma during inhaled budesonide and nedocromil treatments Asmanet   France
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			Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1997 N° 4
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1. Inhaled steroids and the risk of hospitalization for asthma 2. A controlled trial of immunotherapy for asthma in allergic children 3. Effectiveness of the leukotriene receptor antagonist zafirlukast for mild-to-moderate asthma: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial 4. Impact of nurse-led home management training programme in children admitted to hospital with acute asthma: a ramdomised controlled study. 5. Montelukast causes prolonged, potent leukotriene D4-receptor antagonism in the airways of patients with asthma 6. The clinical efficacy of combination nebulized anticholinergic and adrenergic bronchodilators vs nebulized adrenergic bronchodilator in acute asthma 7. Adrenal suppression with chronic dosing of fluticasone propionate compared with budesonide in adult astmatic patients Asmanet   France
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			Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1997 N° 5
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1. Inhibition of allergen-induced airway obstruction and leukotriene generation in atopic asthmatic subjects by the leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitor BAYx1005 2. Effect of long term treatment with salmeterol on asthma control: a double blind, randomised crossover study. 3. The role of cockroach allergy and exposure to cockroach allergen in causing morbidity among inner-city children with asthma. 4. Adult patients may outgrow their asthma. A 25 year follow-up study 5. The role of cockroach allergy and exposure to cockroach allergen in causing morbidity among inner-city children with asthma. 6. Leukotriene antagonist prevents exacerbation of asthma during reduction of high-dose inhaled corticosteroid 7. Suppression of the immune system by oral glucocorticoid therapy in bronchial asthma Asmanet   France
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			Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1997 N° 6
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1. Osteoporotic vertebral fractures in a man under highdose inhaled glucocorticoid therapy 2. Use of inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of cataracts 3. A randomized, double-blind dose reduction study to compare the minimal effect of dose of budesonide Turbuhaler and fluticasone proionate Diskhaler. 4. Pranlukast, a novel leukotriene receptor antagonist: results of the first European, placebo controlled, multicentre clinical study asthma 5. Salmeterol. A review of its pharmacological properties and clinical efficacy in the management of children with asthma 6. The use of serum eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) in the management of steroid therapy in chronic asthma. Asmanet   France
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			Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1998 N° 1 : (January 1998)
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1. A patient preference study comparing Turbuhaler with Diskus, two multi-dose dry powder inhaler devices 2. Results of the first U.S. double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical study in asthma with pranlukast, a novel leukotriene receptor antagonist 3. Nebulized salbutamol with and without ipratropium bromide in the treatment of acute asthma. 4. A 1-year, placebo-controlled, double-blind house-dust-mite immunotherapy study in asthmatic adults 5. Effects of high dose intravenous immunoglobulin in two severe corticosteroid insensitive asthmatic patients 6. Is asthma treatment affordable in developing countries ? 7. A national estimate of the economic costs of asthma 8. Improvement of bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthmatic children treated for concomitant sinusitis Asmanet   France
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			Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1998 N° 2 : (March 1998)
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1.The safety of asthma and allergy in medications during pregnancy 2. Effect of inhaled formoterol and budesonide on exacerbations of asthma 3. A comparison of low-dose inhaled budesonide plus theophylline and high-dose inhaled budesonide for moderate asthma 4. A comparison between emergency diagnostic and treatment unit (EDTU) and inpatient care in the management of acute asthma 5. Association between b 2-adrenoceptor polymorphism and susceptibility to bronchodilator desensitisation in moderately severe stable asthmatics 6. Comparative lung delivery of salbutamol given via Turbuhaler and Diskus dry powder inhaler devices 7. Esophageal candidiasis as a complication of inhaled corticosteroids Asmanet   France
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			Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1998 N° 3 : (May 1998)
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1. Prevalence of asthma symptoms, diagnosis and treatment in 12-14 year old children across Great Britain (International study of asthma and allergies in childhood, ISAAC UK) 2. Perinatal factors and atopic disease in childhood 3. Dose-related protection of exercise bronchoconstriction by montelukast, a cysteinyl daily dosing interval 4. A comparison of beclomethasone, salmeterol and placebo in children with asthma 5. Exercise-induced asthma 6. Nebulized wet aerosol treatment in emergency department - is it essential? Comparison with large spacer device for metered-dose inhaler 7. The leukotriene receptor antagonist zafirlukast inhibits sulfur dioxide-induced bronchoconstriction in patients with asthma Asmanet   France
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			Abstracts/Résumés: ARLS 1998 N° 4 : (July 1998)
			Six times per year, you will find here scientific commentaries about asthma and asthma related topics. 1. Duration of growth suppressive effects of regular inhaled corticosteroids 2. Prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study on the effect of high-dose, intravenous immunoglobulin in children and adolescents with severe bronchial asthma. 3. Pulmonary infiltrates, eosinophilia, and cardiomyopathy following corticosteroid withdrawal in patients with asthma receiving zafirlukast 4. Neuropsychological and behavioural changes in asthmatic children treated with beclomethasone diproprionate vs theophylline 5. Short-term treatment with budesonide does not improve hyperresponsiveness to adenosine 5’-monophosphate in COPD 6. The US Lung Health Study 7. Bone mineral density in children with asthma receiving long-term treatment with inhaled budesonide Asmanet   France
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