A Renewed Charter: Key Principles to Improve Patient Care in Severe Asthma

• DOI: 10.1007/s12325-022-02340-w
• Publication Date: 2022-10-17T04:02:33Z
• Authors: Andrew Menzies-Gow; David J. Jackson; Mona Al-Ahmad; Eugene R. Bleecker; Francisco de Borj...; Stephen Brunton; Giorgio Walter Ca...; Charles K. N. Chan; John Haughney; Steve Holmes; Janwillem Kocks; Tonya Winders
• Keywords: Severe asthma; Health care; COVID-19; Asthma; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Patient advocacy; Commentary; Humans; Patient Care; Pandemics; Referral and Consultation

Asthma is a heterogenous respiratory disease, usually associated with chronic airway inflammation and hyper-responsiveness, which affects an estimated 339 million people worldwide. Severe asthma approximately 5–10% of patients asthma, 17–34 globally, more than half whom have uncontrolled disease. carries substantial burden including unpredictable symptoms potentially life-threatening flare-ups. Furthermore, severe has on health care systems economies In 2018, group experts from the clinical community, patient support groups, professional organisations joined together to develop Patient Charter, set out six principles define what should expect for management their constitute basic standard care. Since publication that original Charter in several important changes occurred, improved understanding effective management; new therapies become available; finally, COVID-19 pandemic placed spotlight conditions, workforces treat them, fundamental importance system resilience. With those developments mind, we, representatives academic, clinical, advocacy communities, updated Improve Care focus principles: (1) I deserve timely, comprehensive assessment my its severity; (2) straightforward referral appropriate specialist when it not well controlled; (3) understand makes worse; (4) access treatment reduces impact daily life; (5) be reliant systemic corticosteroids; (6) involved decisions about