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BACKGROUND: Asthma is one of the commonest chronic diseases in the UK. Acute exacerbations of asthma are unpredictable, disruptive and frightening. They cause considerable morbidity and account for a large component of the health service costs of asthma. The widespread use of an asthma self-management plan, designed to encourage disease monitoring and timely intervention, can reduce exacerbations and is, therefore, recommended for all patients with asthma. Unfortunately, the majority of patie...
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1186/s13063-016-1608-6
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- Health Technology Assessment Programme 10/143/01
- Publisher:
- BioMed Central Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Trials Journal website
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 499
- Publication date:
- 2016-10-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-09-16
- DOI:
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1745-6215
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pubs:653362
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uri:8323b36f-d4a7-42dc-a26f-0ab37879703e
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uuid:8323b36f-d4a7-42dc-a26f-0ab37879703e
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- pubs:653362
- Paper number:
- 1
- Language:
- English
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- Copyright holder:
- Skeggs et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © The Author(s) 2017. Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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FourFold Asthma Study (FAST): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating the clinical cost-effectiveness of temporarily quadrupling the dose of inhaled steroid to prevent asthma exacerbations.
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