Interpretation of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Biologicals Guidelines-Recommendations for severe asthma / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Severe asthma imposes a significant burden on patients, families, and healthcare systems.Management is difficult, due to disease heterogeneity, co-morbidities, complexity in care pathways and differences between national or regional healthcare systems.Better understanding of the mechanisms has enabled a stratified approach to the management of severe asthma, supporting the use of targeted treatments with biologicals.However, there are still many issues that require further clarification.These include selection of a certain biological, the definition of response, strategies to enhance the responder rate, the duration of treatment and its regimen.