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Clinical remission and control in severe asthma: agreements and disagreements

Annamaria Bosi, Carlo Lombardi, Cristiano Caruso, Marcello Cottini, Ilaria Baglivo, Stefania Colantuono, Francesco Menzella

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Review

Published

This narrative review aims to frame the evolution of the debated concept of clinical remission as an ambitious and now concretely achievable outcome in modern asthma management, to highlight correct management of inhaled therapies, oral corticosteroids and biological drugs in this context, and, finally, to provide clinicians with insights that could be useful to achieve remission in the greatest possible number of patients.

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Rapid Efficacy of riSankizumab in pretibial psoriasis invOLVEment: RESOLVE

Nicoletta Bernardini, Nevena Skroza, Laura Atzori, Cristina Mugheddu, Matteo Megna, Sara Cacciapuoti, Michela Ortoncelli, Maria A Montesu, Antonio Carpentieri, Martino Carriero, Maria G Atzori, Gianmario Addis, Riccardo Balestri, Giulia Rech, Pierluigi Bruni, Manuela Papini, Concetta Potenza

Article Type

Original Research

Published

This multicentre study focuses on psoriasis affecting sensitive areas, its impact on quality of life and the therapeutic response to risankizumab.

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Risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in Asian patients receiving oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

Alejandro Bimbo Diaz, Jeremy Chow, Fan Kee Hoo, Gary Lee Chin Keong, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Nannette Rey, Gregorio Rogelio, Radhika Mehta

Article Type

Meeting Report

Published

The Menarini Asia Pacific Advancing Patient care with EdoXaban (APEX) 2023 Expert Meeting convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and provided a forum for experts to explore the occurrence of gastrointestinal bleeding linked to non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in Asian clinical practice for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. This report amalgamates insights from two segments of the meeting.

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A UK multicentre audit of the management of patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia with bempedoic acid against published lipid-lowering treatment targets

Sudarshan Ramachandran, Amro Maarouf, Karen Mitchell, Tony Avades, Peter Smith, Lee Boulton, Jennifer Kelly, Nitasha Vekaria, Elizabeth Hughes

Article Type

Original Research

Published

This retrospective multicentre audit aimed to evaluate the achievement of lipid-lowering targets with bempedoic acid in UK patients based on recommendations in the Joint British Societies (JBS) guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

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