Asthma Control and Airway Inflammation in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

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العنوان: Asthma Control and Airway Inflammation in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
المؤلفون: Manuela Latorre, Chiara Baldini, Alessandro Celi, Silvana Cianchetti, Elena Bacci, Federica Novelli, Pasquale Pepe, Pierluigi Paggiaro, Stefano Bombardieri, Veronica Seccia, Federico L. Dente
المصدر: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 4:512-519
بيانات النشر: Elsevier BV, 2016.
سنة النشر: 2016
مصطلحات موضوعية: Adult, Male, Vasculitis, Spirometry, medicine.medical_specialty, Rhinosinusitis, Nitric Oxide, Granulomatosis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Internal medicine, Eosinophilia, Eosinophilic, medicine, Humans, Immunologic Factors, Immunology and Allergy, 030223 otorhinolaryngology, Aged, Rhinitis, Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, Asthma, Inflammation, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Nasal cytology, Sputum, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Middle Aged, respiratory system, medicine.disease, respiratory tract diseases, 030228 respiratory system, Exhaled nitric oxide, Immunology, Quality of Life, Cytokines, Female, medicine.symptom, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, business
الوصف: Background Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis that occurs in patients with asthma, nasal disease, blood and tissue eosinophilia, and extrapulmonary manifestations. Objective The aim of our study was to assess the clinical, functional, and inflammatory status of upper and lower airways in 37 patients with EGPA, examined 6.4 ± 4.7 years after diagnosis, when they were in partial or complete remission from systemic involvement while on treatment with low-dose oral corticosteroids as maintenance therapy. Methods All patients performed spirometry and were assessed for bronchial hyperreactivity, sputum eosinophilia, and fractional exhaled nitric oxide; asthma control was evaluated according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines and the Asthma Control Test. Markers of systemic disease were compared with the data available at diagnosis. Nasal involvement was evaluated by using the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test, nasal endoscopy, and nasal cytology. The impact on the quality of life was evaluated by using generic (36-item short form health survey) and organ-specific questionnaires. Results At the time of the study visit, almost all patients were receiving low-dose oral corticosteroids and immunomodulating drugs, but only 50% were being treated with inhaled corticosteroids. Although low systemic disease activity was documented in the large majority of patients, poorly controlled asthma and rhinosinusitis with eosinophilic airway inflammation were demonstrated in almost all patients. A significant correlation was found between sputum and blood eosinophilia and between fractional exhaled nitric oxide and asthma control. The 36-item short form health survey questionnaire results significantly correlated with the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test but not with the Asthma Control Test. Conclusions Systemic treatment controls systemic involvement in EGPA, but not asthma and nasal diseases, which negatively affects patients' quality of life.
تدمد: 2213-2198
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.12.014
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2015.12.014
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رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....254d45c61bff6c2a55b988d7dddfebd5
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
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تدمد:22132198
DOI:10.1016/j.jaip.2015.12.014