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 …

Current guidelines for asthma care categorize asthma severity based on the frequency of
asthma symptoms, medication use, and lung function measures. The objective of this study …

Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways associated with intermittent episodes of
bronchospasm. Corticosteroids are the most effective anti-inflammatory class of medication …

Although acute adverse effects on asthma have been frequently found for the US
Environmental Protection Agency's principal criteria air pollutants, there is little …

BACKGROUND: Outcome data are needed to base recommendations for controller asthma
medication use in school-aged children. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine …

Background COVID-19 is characterized by a rapid change in the patient's condition, with
major changes occurring over a few days. We aimed to develop and evaluate an emergency …

Background: Small airways play important roles in the pathophysiology of asthma. However,
relationships between small airway involvement and health status and dyspnea have not …

Background While we have international guidelines and various national guidelines for
asthma diagnosis and management, asthma remains poorly controlled in many children and …

To many clinicians, the assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) seems more art
than science. This belief is due in part to the lack of formal training available to clinicians …

OBJECTIVE: To assess how often in a single encounter that pulmonary function tests (PFTs)
influenced management decisions in children with asthma, beyond what was obtained from …