Underdiagnosis and undertreatment of asthma: a 9-year study of Italian conscripts.

TL;DR: This paper reviewed data published from 2001 to 2014 pertaining to respiratory health in military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and found 19 unique studies, which were primarily retrospective and observational in nature with patient symptom reporting and medical encounter data as primary outcome measures.

TL;DR: Compared to nonasthmatics, asthmatic subjects reported more wheezing, sputum production, and chest pain/tightness during deployment, and this group had significantly increased symptoms, functional limitations, and health care utilization when compared to asthmatics who were symptom-controlled at baseline.

TL;DR: The SQ, obtained by directly screening students, may provide a sensitive approach for detecting children with previously undiagnosed asthma and allergies.

TL;DR: The term 'mild' when applied to asthma is potentially misleading given the impaired HRQoL and avoidable health care utilization prevalent amongst such patients.

TL;DR: The computer records of Swedish conscript examinations in 1971 and 1981 were analysed regarding the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis, giving double prevalence figures in the northern part of the country compared to the southern part in 1981.

TL;DR: Asthma in elderly persons is associated with a lower QOL and considerable morbidity when compared with those who do not have asthma symptoms; inhaled corticosteroids are underutilized.

TL;DR: If the apparent increase in asthma detected in Finnish young men was due entirely to improved diagnostic methods and other confounding effects then some 95% of cases must have gone undiagnosed in the years before 1966, which suggests that much of the increase was real.

TL;DR: The authors assessed asthma morbidity, medication use, and quality of life in children and young adults as well as adults with asthma.