Evaluation of the effect of statin therapy on airway inflammation and clinical outcome of moderate and severe bronchial asthma (original) (raw)

The Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, 2019

Abstract

Background Epidemiological data have linked statin use with improvements in lung health and asthma-related hospitalizations and/or emergency room visits. Aim The aim was to evaluate the effect of statin therapy on airway inflammation and clinical outcome in moderate and severe asthma. Patients and methods This study was conducted on 61 cases, but only 40 cases completed the study. Patients were recruited from outpatient clinic and general ward of Thoracic Medicine Department of Mansoura University Hospitals from May 2015 to June 2016. They were categorized into statin group, which included 20 asthmatic cases that received statin (atorvastatin with a dose of 20 mg daily for 3 months), serving as the study group, which was further subdivided into two subgroups: moderate and severe subgroups, and nonstatin group, which included 20 asthmatics cases that did not receive statin, serving as a control group, and they were further subdivided into two subgroups: moderate and severe subgroups....

Ahmed Abumossalam hasn't uploaded this paper.

Let Ahmed know you want this paper to be uploaded.

Ask for this paper to be uploaded.