Can a self-management plan, which includes a four-fold increase in inhaled corticosteroid dose, reduce severe asthma exacerbations: a randomised, pragmatic trial
Asthma exacerbations are frightening for patients and are occasionally fatal. We tested the concept that a self-management plan, which included a temporary quadrupling of the dose of inhaled corticosteroid when asthma control starts to deteriorate, would reduce severe asthma exacerbations.
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European Respiratory Society
2017
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