Analysis of the data of severe asthma exacerbations and of asthma deaths in the time period 1990-2006

Abstract

Despite a favourable trend of decreasing number of severe asthma exacerbations in the last years, a place for additional improvement in asthma therapy by increasing the patient compliance still does exist.

Keywords

• severe asthma exacerbations
• near fatal asthma
• asthma death