Article
Asthma in Older Adults: Clinical Patterns, Inflammatory Phenotypes, and Practical Management.
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 1 Sept 2026
Ban Ga-Young, Baptist Alan P, Park Hae-Sim, Park Heung-Woo
Abstract excerpt
Asthma in older adults is a common but frequently underrecognized condition associated with disproportionately high morbidity, health care utilization, and mortality. Older adults with asthma face distinct management challenges compared with younger patients, including age-related physiologic changes, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, impaired symptom perception, and difficulties with inhaler use, all of which...
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- Humans
- Asthma
- Phenotype
- Inflammation
- Aged
- Aging
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones
