Background: The assessment of asthma control is pivotal to the evaluation of treatment
response in individuals and in clinical trials. Previously, asthma control, severity, and …

The stepwise approach to pharmacological treatment in adult asthma mandates that asthma
treatment is progressively stepped up to achieve symptom control and reduce the risk of …

Asthma is a common chronic disease characterized by episodic or persistent respiratory
symptoms and airflow limitation. Asthma treatment is based on a stepwise and control-based …

Achieving asthma control remains an elusive goal for the majority of patients worldwide.
Ensuring a correct diagnosis of asthma is the first step in assessing poor symptom control; …

BACKGROUND: Asthma clinical research will highly benefit from standardization of major
outcomes in terms of definition and assessment methodology. This will permit useful …

Asthma is a global health problem affecting around 300 million individuals of all ages, ethnic
groups and countries. It is estimated that around 250,000 people die prematurely each year …

Concepts of asthma severity and control are important in the evaluation of patients and their
response to treatment but the terminology is not standardised and the terms are often used …

BACKGROUND: Current asthma consensus guidelines recommend a series of criteria for
determining whether asthma is controlled. It is not known whether physicians are using …

Asthma is a heterogeneous disorder that is characterized by variable airflow obstruction,
airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness, and reversibility either spontaneously or as …

BACKGROUND: Identification of patients at risk for asthma exacerbations can assist
physicians in addressing disease management and improve asthma-related health …