The current National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) guidelines for diagnosing and treating asthma are symptom-based for children younger than 5 years of age. When the guidelines were ...

A novel asthma burden score that incorporated asthma exacerbations and healthcare utilization better reflected disease severity and predicted asthma remission with high sensitivity and specificity, ...

The update includes new focus on monitoring asthma control as the goal for asthma therapy and distinguishing between classifying asthma severity and monitoring asthma control Emphasis is placed on ...

The most common kinds of asthma are mild intermittent and mild persistent asthma. People with mild persistent asthma have mild symptoms, but they occur regularly. Although the symptoms of asthma are ...

Inhalers In patients using as-needed short-acting beta2-agonists, how are exacerbations associated with asthma control, maintenance adherence, and disease severity? Risk for exacerbations exists among ...