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Factors associated with childhood asthma control in a resource-poor center
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017 Introduction: Optimal asthma control is a major aim of childhood asthma management. This study aimed to determine factors associated with suboptimal asthma control at the pediatric chest clinic of a resource-poor center.
Bankole Peter Kuti +2 more
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Allergology International, 2012 Background: : Virus infection is an important risk factor for aggravation of childhood asthma. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of drugs on aggravation of asthma induced by a common cold.
Shigemi Yoshihara +6 more
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Utility of Asthma Control Questionnaire 7 in the assessment of asthma control [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2014 Our objective was to evaluate the reproducibility of Asthma Control Questionnaire 7 (ACQ-7) in asthma patients, comparing our results against those obtained with the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) criteria. We evaluated 52 patients. Patients completed the ACQ-7, underwent spirometry, and were clinically assessed to determine the level of asthma ...
Cardoso, Mariana Nadal +4 more
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Evaluation of inhaler technique and asthma control among children in a low-resource setting
International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research, 2022 Background: Inhalation has become the preferred route of drug administration compared to oral medication in managing Asthma due to its direct delivery to the airways, thus producing a faster onset of action and fewer systemic side effects at lower doses ...
Harit Prasad +3 more
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Factors related to poor asthma control in Latvian asthma patients between 2013 and 2015
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2017 Objectives: To investigate whether beliefs about asthma medication, cognitive and emotional factors are related to poor asthma control in a sample of Latvian asthma patients in 2015. Design: Cross-sectional, self-administered survey.
Dins Smits +4 more
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Difficult vs. Severe Asthma: Definition and Limits of Asthma Control in the Pediatric Population
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018 Evaluating the degree of disease control is pivotal when assessing a patient with asthma. Asthma control is defined as the degree to which manifestations of the disease are reduced or removed by therapy.
Amelia Licari +5 more
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Asthma outcomes: Composite scores of asthma control [PDF]
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2012 Current asthma guidelines recommend assessing the level of a patient's asthma control. Consequently, there is increasing use of asthma control as an outcome measure in clinical research studies. Several composite assessment instruments have been developed to measure asthma control.National Institutes of Health institutes and federal agencies convened ...
Michelle M, Cloutier +9 more
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Asthma control in the workplace [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 2014 Workplace exposures may result, in susceptible workers, in the development of occupational asthma from sensitising or toxic/irritant exposure, or in the worsening of a pre-existing asthmatic condition, so-called “work-exacerbated asthma” [1–3]. Occupational asthma is a relatively common condition, although it is often unrecognised [1, 4].
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Identifying ‘well-controlled’ and ‘not well-controlled’ asthma using the Asthma Control Questionnaire [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine, 2006 The 7-item Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) has been validated to measure the goals of asthma management as defined by international guidelines (minimisation of day- and night-time symptoms, activity limitation, beta(2)-agonist use and bronchoconstriction).
Juniper, Elizabeth F. +3 more
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