Review: Control of asthma

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Zervas, Eleftherios ^a   Oikonomidou, Erasmia ^a   Kainis, Elias ^a   Kokkala, Marietta ^a   Petroheilou, Kalomira ^a   Gaga, Mina ^a  

^a Athens Chest Hospital Sotiria   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; control; guidelines; monitoring; patient education

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE; LONG ACTING DRUG; THEOPHYLLINE;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67649384960     PISSN: 17534658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753465808091664     Document Type: Review

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