Assessing the risk of attack in the management of asthma: A review and proposal for revision of the current control-centred paradigm

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Asthma guidelines focus on day-to-day control of symptoms. However, asthma attacks remain common. They continue to cause mortality and considerable morbidity, and are a major financial burden to the UK National Health Service (NHS) and the wider community. Asthma attacks have chronic consequences, being associated with loss of lung function and significant psychological morbidity. In this article we argue that addressing daily symptom control is only one aspect of asthma treatment, and that t...

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Authors: Blakey, J; Woolnough, K; Fellows, J; Walker, S; Thomas, M

• Journal: Primary Care Respiratory Journal
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 344-352
• Publication date: 2013-09-01
• DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00063
• EISSN: 1475-1534
• ISSN: 1471-4418
• Language: English
• Keywords: Risk; Asthma control; Management; Asthma attack; Asthma guidelines