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                                                                                    <journal-title>Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">3061-9904</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18229/kocatepetip.475027</article-id>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>SEVERE ASTHMA</article-title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <trans-title-group xml:lang="tr">
                                    <trans-title>ZOR ASTIM</trans-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Sağmen</surname>
                                    <given-names>Seda Beyhan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ceyhan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Berrin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                            </contrib>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20181026">
                    <day>10</day>
                    <month>26</month>
                    <year>2018</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>19</volume>
                                        <issue>4</issue>
                                        <fpage>157</fpage>
                                        <lpage>163</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20170110">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>10</month>
                        <year>2017</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20180201">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>01</month>
                        <year>2018</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1999, Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Asthma is a common inflammatory disease that has wideclinical characteristics of the airway of the lungs. Asthmasymptoms can be prevented by avoiding triggers likeallergens and by the effective inhaled treatment. Themajority of asthma patients can be treated effectivelyby current medications. Difficult asthma is a distinctentity of asthma, comprising approximately %5-10 ofasthmatic patients. Despite the high effective treatment,the patients with asthma have disease that is poorlycontrolled. Severe asthmatics account for up to half ofthe cost for asthma. It will include asthma uncontrolledby new standard therapy, steroid dependent, steroidresistant asthma patients. Asthma related deathsare seen especially in severe asthma group. Asthmais a heterogeneous disease, consisting of differentphenotypes. It requires multidisciplinary approach fortreatment management. Severe asthma may suddenlydevelop in early time in disease or overtime. There was anevidence that severe asthma related to genetic factors,environmental factors, age, inflammation, duration ofdisease The genetic and environmental factors mayplay a role in severe asthma management. Phenotypetargetedtherapy has an important role in severe asthma,but it is associated with high treatment costs. At firstdiagnosis of asthma must be confirmed COPD and vocalcord dysfunction is needed to be particular interest indifferential diagnosis. Triggering factors such as smoking,atopy, work place condition and aspirin hypersensitivityshould be evaluated. Comorbidities that may affectasthma should be considered. This review examinesthe definition of asthma, its differential diagnosis,phenotypes and available treatment options.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Astım havayolu inflamasyonu ile seyreden çeşitli kliniközelliklere sahip bir hastalıktır. Dünyada yaklaşık 300milyon insanı etkileyen bir inflamatuvar hastalıktır. Astımsemptomları alerjenler gibi risk faktörlerinden kaçınarakve etkili inhaler tedavi ile kontrol altına alınmaktadır.Astımlı hastaların büyük bir çoğunluğu uygun tedaviile kontrol altına alınmaktadır. Astımlı hastaların %5-10’unu oluşturan zor astım klinisyenler için tanımıve tedavisi hala zor bir grubu oluşturmaktadır. İş gücükaybı ve ekonomik maliyet açısından yüksektir. Uyguntedaviye rağmen bazı olguların kontrolü zorlaşmaktadır.Standart tedavi ile kontrol edilemeyen, steroide bağımlıveya dirençli astım olgularını içermektedir. Astıma bağlıölümlerin çoğu ağır olan veya stabil olmayan gruptagörülmektedir. Heterojen bir hastalık olan astımda farklıfenotipler vardır ve net olarak anlaşılmamıştır. Tedaviyönetimi için multidisipliner yaklaşım gerekmektedir. Ağırastım hastalığın ilk yıllarında veya yıllar sonra gelişebilir.Ağır astımda fenotipe özgü tedaviler günümüzde önemkazanmıştır ve tedavi maliyeti yüksektir. Genetik, çevreselfaktörler, yaş ve hastalık süresinin ağır astımda rolüolduğuna dair kanıtlar vardır. Özellikle genetik ve çevreselfaktörler ağır astımda önemli rol oynamaktadır. Ağır astımolduğu düşünülen hastalar dikkatle değerlendirilmelidir.Birçok hastalık astımı taklit edebilir. Bu hastalardaöncelikle astım tanısı doğrulanmalıdır. KOAH ve vokalkord disfonksiyonu ayırıcı tanıda özellikle dikkat edilmesigerekli hastalıklardır. İkinci olarak hastanın tedaviyeuyumu gözden geçirilmelidir. Ardından sigara içimi,atopik durum, çalışma ortamı ve aspirin aşırı duyarlılığıgibi faktörler araştırılmalıdır. Aynı zamanda ek hastalıklargibi astım kontrolünü etkileyebilen durumlar gözdengeçirilmelidir. Astımı zorlaştıran durumlar tek tekaraştırılmalıdır. Bu derlemede ağır astım tanımı, ayırıcıtanıların dışlanması, fenotipleri ve tedavi yaklaşımları ele alınmıştır.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
                                                            <kwd-group>
                                                    <kwd>Asthma phenotypes</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  asthma control</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  corticosteroid</kwd>
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                                                                            <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>Astım fenotipleri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  astım kontrolü</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  kortikosteroid</kwd>
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