Asthma: a round-up of Cochrane evidence

On this page you will find a variety of resources based on evidence from Cochrane Reviews produced by Cochrane Airways.

Find all of the Cochrane Reviews on acuteA health condition (or episodes of a health condition) that comes on quickly and is short-lived. or chronicA health condition marked by long duration, by frequent recurrence over a long time, and often by slowly progressing seriousness. For example, rheumatoid arthritis. asthma in the Cochrane Library.
Find answers to various questions about asthma here, on Cochrane Clinical Answers.

Blogs

Control, choice and changing times: outcomes of an asthma workshop

Asthma in schools: Could teaching teachers save lives?

Sex and asthma: could patients’ love lives hold the key to better asthma outcomes?

Yoga helps my asthma: Julie’s story and new Cochrane evidence

Vitamin D – Can the sunshine vitamin help reduce asthma attacks?

Are long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) effective in adults with poorly controlled asthma?

Adults with acute asthma: can intravenous magnesium sulfate help?

Exercise and asthma: what does the evidence say?

New evidence on benefits of formoterol for asthma, but there are still unanswered questions

Treating acute asthma in the emergency department: the latest evidence

Swimming and asthma – well tolerated and beneficial, finds new review

Managing asthma: how does taking inhaled corticosteroids only when symptoms get worse compare with daily use?

Medication adherence: evidence review

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Increased versus stable doses of inhaled corticosteroids for exacerbations of chronicA health condition marked by long duration, by frequent recurrence over a long time, and often by slowly progressing seriousness. For example, rheumatoid arthritis. asthma in adults and children

Page last updated: 8 May 2019