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| Fulvio BraidoSummaryAffiliation: University of Genoa Country: Italy Publications
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Sleep disturbances and asthma control: a real life studyF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 27:27-33. 2009..Thus it would be useful if patients who reported sleep disturbances despite good/total control of asthma and rhinitis were managed with a holistic clinical approach and underwent nocturnal polysomnographic monitoring...
Patients with asthma and comorbid allergic rhinitis: is optimal quality of life achievable in real life?Fulvio Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Ospedale S Martino Genoa, Genoa, Italy
PLoS ONE 7:e31178. 2012..We explored whether optimal HRQoL was reachable in a real-life setting, and evaluated the disease and patient related patterns associated to optimal HRQoL achievement...
RhinAsthma patient perspective: a short daily asthma and rhinitis QoL assessmentF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino, Genova, Italy
Allergy 67:1443-50. 2012....- From "blockbusters" to "biosimilars": an opportunity for patients, medical specialists and health care providersF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino, Pad Maragliano, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
Pulm Pharmacol Ther 25:483-6. 2012..This implies specific research, clinical monitoring, physicians updating of knowledge for a safe and appropriate use of these products. We are the beginning of a devolution in patient's care and physicians' practice... - Knowledge and health care resource allocation: CME/CPD course guidelines-based efficacyF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino, Genova, Italy
Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol 44:193-9. 2012..Most health care systems consider continuing medical education a potential tool to improve quality of care and reduce disease management costs. Its efficacy in general practitioners needs to be further explored... - Coping with asthma: is the physician able to identify patient's behaviour?Fulvio Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, DIMI University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino IST, 16132 Genova, Italy
Respir Med 106:1625-30. 2012..The strategies patients use to manage their asthma (coping) have been found to be associated with clinical and patient-reported outcomes... - Montelukast effects on inflammation in allergic rhinitis: a double blind placebo controlled pilot studyF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Disease Department, University of Genoa, Italy
Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol 44:48-53. 2012..Specific trials, sized according to the results of this pilot exploratory study, could add relevant evidences concerning the leukotrienes receptors antagonist treatment of specific rhinitis and asthma phenotypes... - Biomarkers in obstructive respiratory diseases: an updateF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, DIMI, University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino IST, Genoa, Italy
Panminerva Med 54:119-27. 2012..The ECLIPSE findings confirm that, to date, the use of a single biomarker is not sufficient, but the combination of novel biomarkers with the already existing tools could improve our skills in optimizing treatment of COPD patients... - Unsatisfactory asthma control: astonishing evidence from general practitioners and respiratory medicine specialistsF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 20:9-12. 2010..Although clinical trials have demonstrated that asthma control is an achievable goal, real-life data show that this objective is still far from being reached... - Allergic rhinitis and asthma ad hoc survey: clinical and psychological perspectivesF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
Clin Exp Allergy 37:788-93. 2007..Several studies have provided evidence of a strong association between asthma and rhinitis, with consequences in terms of therapy and disease management... - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient well-being and its relationship with clinical and patient-reported outcomes: a real-life observational studyFulvio Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Respiration 82:335-40. 2011..While health status measure focuses on the impact of the disease on physical functioning, well-being represents the self-representation of the emotional states related to the disease itself... - Overview of novel therapeutic targets for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseFulvio Braido
University of Genoa, Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medical Specialties, San Martino Hospital, Italy
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 1:263-75. 2005..The aim of this article is to provide an overview of clinically and pharmacologically relevant targets for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, considering currently investigated therapeutic approaches... - Specific recommendations for PROs and HRQoL assessment in allergic rhinitis and/or asthma: a GA(2)LEN taskforce position paperF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Ospedale S Martino Genova, Genova, Italy
Allergy 65:959-68. 2010.... - Asthma management failure: a flaw in physicians' behavior or in patients' knowledge?Fulvio Braido
Department of Internal Medicine, Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
J Asthma 48:266-74. 2011..The aim of this study was to explore general practitioners' (GPs) behaviors, asthma patients' knowledge requirements, and the relationship between physicians' communicative issues, and failures in patients' knowledge... - Disability in COPD and its relationship to clinical and patient-reported outcomesFulvio Braido
University of Genoa, Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Genoa, Italy
Curr Med Res Opin 27:981-6. 2011..To assess the presence of disability in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and its relationships with disease severity, comorbidities, and patient-reported outcomes... - The relationship between asthma control and quality-of-life impairment due to chronic cough: a real-life studyFulvio Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 101:370-4. 2008..Good correlation is reported between a composite evaluation of asthma control (the Asthma Control Test [ACT]) and QoL, with emphasis on asthma as a frequent cause of chronic cough and worsening of QoL due to chronic cough... - Allergic rhinitis in asthmaF Braido
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Panminerva Med 53:97-107. 2011.... - The role of Pneumococcal vaccineFulvio Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Genoa University, Pad Maragliano, L go R Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Pulm Pharmacol Ther 21:608-15. 2008..The present review proposes an analysis of current vaccine strategies and their efficacy, with particular stress on their effectiveness in preventing pneumonia... - Bilateral Gasser's ganglion sarcoidosis: diagnosis, treatment and unsolved questionsF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 22:75-7. 2005..Post-treatment discrepancy between the clinical picture and imaging results is probably due to low MRI resolution threshold. 18-FDG positron emission tomography imaging might perhaps overcome the limits of magnetic resonance imaging... - Towards the Grade of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation system: methods and results of budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy researchFulvio Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 11:361-74. 2011.... - Clara cell 16 protein in COPD sputum: a marker of small airways damage?Fulvio Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Pad Maragliano, Largo R Benzi, 10 16132 Genova, Italy
Respir Med 101:2119-24. 2007..This protein has never been related to patients' lung function tests, blood gases parameters and diseases severity... - Bacterial lysate in the prevention of acute exacerbation of COPD and in respiratory recurrent infectionsF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, University of Genova, Italy
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2:335-45. 2007..The use of bacterial lysate could therefore represent an important means to achieve an extension of life duration in patients affected by respiratory diseases... - Pitfalls in respiratory allergy management: alexithymia and its impact on patient-reported outcomesIlaria Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
J Asthma 48:25-32. 2011..The objective of the study is to evaluate alexithymia in patients with persistent asthma and comorbid rhinitis and its relation with patient-reported outcomes (PROs)... - The link between allergic rhinitis and asthma: the united airways diseaseEnrico Compalati
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 6:413-23. 2010..Treatment of established rhinitis may affect asthma control and could have some impact on airway obstruction, but a direct effect of rhinitis therapy on lower airway inflammation remains to be clearly established... - Why do doctors and patients not follow guidelines?Ilaria Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine DIMI, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 9:228-33. 2009..It also underlines the importance of the adherence to guidelines themselves in order to ameliorate both the control of healthcare and the patients' quality of life... - Allergic diseases and their impact on quality of lifeIlaria Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 97:419-28; quiz 429-30, 476. 2006..Further studies are needed to explore HRQL in other allergic conditions (urticaria, food allergy, sting allergy, drug allergy) by means of specific, validated questionnaires... - Development and validation of the Drug Hypersensitivity Quality of Life QuestionnaireIlaria Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Ospedale S Martino Genova, Italy
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 106:330-5. 2011..The impact of drug hypersensitivity has never been considered from the patient's perspective, and no questionnaire is currently available for this purpose... - Quality of life in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the subjective impact on children and parentsIlaria Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
J Child Neurol 26:707-13. 2011..Despite the presence of Duchenne muscular dystrophy deeply impairs health-related quality of life, some areas of well-being are present both in children and caregivers... - Patient knowledge, perceptions, expectations and satisfaction on allergen-specific immunotherapy: A surveyIlaria Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, DIMI, University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino IST, Genova, Italy
Respir Med 107:361-7. 2013..In this multicentre cross-sectional study we evaluated personal viewpoints on allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) in patients treated with subcutaneous (SCIT) or sublingual (SLIT) immunotherapy... - AQUA: Allergy Questionnaire for Athletes. Development and validationMatteo Bonini
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy
Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:1034-41. 2009..This study reports the development and validation of an easy and reliable questionnaire for screening allergy in athletes... - Targeted therapy for allergic asthma: predicting and evaluating response to omalizumabFrancesco Tarantini
Pulmunologist, PhD Student, DIMI University of Genoa, Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Padiglione Maragliano, Largo R Benzi, 16132 Genova, Italy
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 3:463-7. 2007..The results established that it is difficult to predict which patients will gain most benefit from treatment, according to pretreatment baseline characteristics... - Alexithymia and chronic diseases: the state of the artIlaria Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Genoa University, Department of Internal Medicine, Italy
G Ital Med Lav Ergon 33:A47-52. 2011..The interest in alexithymia has increased considerably over the past decade. The present review was aimed at providing a state of the art of recent research on alexithymia in patients with chronic diseases... - Chronic cough and QoL in allergic and respiratory diseases measured by a new specific validated tool-CCIQF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 16:110-6. 2006..These results show that CC has a high negative impact on HRQL, and they further suggest that the CCIQ is a useful tool for obtaining a global evaluation including its impact and therapeutic options... - May we strengthen the human natural defenses with bacterial lysates?Elisa Villa
From the 1Allergy Respiratory Disease Department, Department of Internal Medicine DIMI, University of Genova, Italy 2Central Laboratory of Analysis, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
World Allergy Organ J 3:S17-23. 2010..Further well-designed trials in terms of blinding and randomization procedures and including a higher number of patients, selected according to the disease and its severity, are needed... - Does a low-density gas mixture or oxygen supplementation improve exercise training in COPD?Debora Scorsone
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Universita degli Studi di Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 6, Genova, Italy
Chest 138:1133-9. 2010..We investigated whether their combined use during intense physical training is also effective in ameliorating exercise tolerance in patients affected by moderate to severe COPD... - Adherence to treatment: assessment of an unmet need in asthmaI Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 16:218-23. 2006..The opportunity to identify reasons for nonadherence through a simple assessment will allow a tailored intervention to be planned for each patient... - Does asthma control correlate with quality of life related to upper and lower airways? A real life studyF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
Allergy 64:937-43. 2009..The goal of asthma therapy is to achieve an optimal level of disease control, but the relationship between asthma control, impact of comorbid rhinitis and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in real life remains unexplored... - A new tool to assess and monitor the burden of chronic cough on quality of life: Chronic Cough Impact QuestionnaireI Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
Allergy 60:482-8. 2005..The CCIQ was easily and quickly filled in by the patients while waiting, and it was accepted by the patients... - Continuing medical education. The point of view of asthmatic patients at the beginning of a mandatory CME systemF Braido
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 14:274-7. 2004.... - Sleep disturbances in allergic diseasesI Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
Allergy 61:1259-67. 2006..The aim of this review was to describe the most common causes leading to sleep disturbance in allergic patients and their consequences on the QoL. The possible negative effects of treatment on sleep parameters has been also considered... - Rhinasthma: a new specific QoL questionnaire for patients with rhinitis and asthmaI Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
Allergy 58:289-94. 2003..It provides a short and simple assessment, and has overall psychometric properties. This is of relevance because of the frequent asthma-rhinitis comorbidity... - Quality of life and patients' satisfaction in chronic urticaria and respiratory allergyI Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
Allergy 58:621-3. 2003.... - Asthma treatment: 'magic bullets which seek their own targets'F Tarantini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
Allergy 62:605-10. 2007..In fact, it proved to reduce exacerbations and symptom scores, and to improve quality of life, with a very good safety profile... - The impact of GINA suggested drugs for the treatment of asthma on Health-Related Quality of Life: a GA(2)LEN reviewI Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Allergy 63:1015-30. 2008.... - ARIA-suggested drugs for allergic rhinitis: what impact on quality of life? A GA2LEN reviewI Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, DIMI University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Allergy 63:660-9. 2008.... - Recommendations for assessing patient-reported outcomes and health-related quality of life in clinical trials on allergy: a GA(2)LEN taskforce position paperI Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Ospedale S Martino Genova, Genova, Italy
Allergy 65:290-5. 2010.... - A new tool to evaluate the impact of chronic urticaria on quality of life: chronic urticaria quality of life questionnaire (CU-QoL)I Baiardini
Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Allergy 60:1073-8. 2005..The CU-Q(2)oL was easily and quickly filled up and well accepted by the patients...