Key areas covered include: * epidemiology * pathophysiology * in-vitro and in-vivo experimental models of asthma exacerbation * treatment and prevention of asthma exacerbations * delivery of care. Addressing a topic of great interest, this is a key work for those working in respiratory medicine, pulmonary medicine and immunology, as well as for physiologists. There is growing interest in the pronounced variability in the incidence and severity of chronic respiratory diseases such as Asthma, observed to occur in any particular patient over a given period of time. It is now known that acute...