Medical Journal Club article for November 18, 2008:
The error of not measuring asthma | Canadian Medical Association Journal -
“According to national and global health statistics, we are facing an asthma epidemic. The most recent epidemiologic data suggest that 300 million people worldwide have asthma, and the global burden is projected to increase by another 100 million cases by 2025.”
Are all asthma deaths are potentially preventable?
It is interesting that “nearly half of patients with physician-diagnosed asthma have never undergone spirometry.”