Bronchial Thermoplasty in Patients with Severe Persistent Asthma: A Literature Review [PDF]
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021 The literature review aimed to see the safety and efficacy of bronchial thermoplasty in patients with severe asthma. We searched the online database, PUBMED, using bronchial thermoplasty and asthma as the key words and including trials from 2007 to 2021.
Ghulam Mustafa Aftab
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Oscillometry changes reflect clinically meaningful improvement after bronchial thermoplasty for uncontrolled asthma: A case report [PDF]
Respirology Case ReportsAsthma is a highly prevalent but heterogenous condition. Uncontrolled disease is relatively common and may be due to ongoing inflammation and/or persisting bronchial hyper‐reactivity. Bronchial thermoplasty has been in use for many years but optimal case
Niranjan Setty +5 more
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Plethysmography-derived gas trapping lacks utility in predicting response to bronchial thermoplasty
ERJ Open Research, 2022 There is a paucity of literature on measurable baseline parameters predicting response and guiding selection for bronchial thermoplasty. This study examines whether baseline gas trapping, as assessed by plethysmography, is associated with a response to ...
Ashwin Rajan +2 more
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Efficacy of tezepelumab against uncontrolled severe non‐type 2 asthma refractory to bronchial thermoplasty, benralizumab, dupilumab and mepolizumab [PDF]
Respirology Case ReportsSevere asthma affects approximately 5%–10% of patients with asthma. Herein, we describe a case of non‐type 2 asthma that progressively worsened over the years. An 80‐year‐old woman was diagnosed with asthma 11 years back.
Yoshiro Kai +5 more
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Rapid weaning from mechanical ventilation and bronchial thermoplasty for near-fatal asthma: A case report [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Background: The action mechanism of bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is poorly understood. Generally, patients with severe asthma who are in desperate need of treatment have relatively low baseline values.
Peng Fu +6 more
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Bronchial thermoplasty in asthma: an exploratory histopathological evaluation in distinct asthma endotypes/phenotypes [PDF]
Respiratory Research, 2021 Background Bronchial thermoplasty regulates structural abnormalities involved in airway narrowing in asthma. In the present study we aimed to investigate the effect of bronchial thermoplasty on histopathological bronchial structures in distinct asthma ...
Eleni Papakonstantinou +9 more
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Safety of delivering bronchial thermoplasty in two treatment sessions [PDF]
Respiratory Research, 2021 Background Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a novel endoscopic therapy for severe asthma. Traditionally it is performed in three separate treatment sessions, targeting different portions of the lung, and each requires an anaesthetic and hospital admission.
Kavya Koshy +3 more
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S100A alarmins and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) regulation in severe asthma following bronchial thermoplasty [PDF]
Respiratory Research, 2023 Rationale Severe asthma affects a small proportion of asthmatics but represents a significant healthcare challenge. Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is an interventional treatment approach preconized for uncontrolled severe asthma after considering biologics ...
Pierre-Alexandre Gagnon +9 more
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Research on the effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
European Journal of Medical Research, 2023 Objectives To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of bronchial thermoplasty (BT) in treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Tao Wang +12 more
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A Case Series of Patients Undergoing Bronchial Thermoplasty a Second Time for Severe Asthma [PDF]
Journal of Asthma and AllergyChuan T Foo,1,2 David Langton,2,3 Francis Thien1,2 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Eastern Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 3Department of Thoracic ...
Foo CT, Langton D, Thien F
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