TY - JOUR T1 - Review: controlling house dust mites is ineffective for asthmatic patients who are sensitive to mites JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 79 LP - 79 DO - 10.1136/ebn.2.3.79 VL - 2 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 1999/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/2/3/79.abstract N2 - Gøtzsche Pc, Hammarquist C, Burr M.House dust mite control measures in the management of asthma: meta-analysis.BMJ1998 Oct 24; 317:1105–10.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full TextHammarquist C, Burr Ml, Gotzsche PC. House dust mite control measures for asthma. (Cochrane Review, latest version 30 Apr 1998.) In: Cochrane Library. Oxford: Update Software. Question Is a reduction in exposure to dust mite antigen in the home effective for patients with asthma who are sensitive to mites? Studies were identified by searching the the Cochrane Airways Group databases, which contain citations from CINAHL, Medline, and Embase/Excerpta Medica. Respiration and Clinical and Experimental Allergy were handsearched (1980–96). Bibliographies of relevant articles were scanned, and primary authors were contacted for additional data.Studies in any language were selected if they were randomised controlled trials that compared chemical or physical measures for controlling mites in the home with no treatment in patients with bronchial asthma. A … ER -