Asthma control test (ACT): Comparison with clinical, functional, and biological markers of asthma control

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Melosini, Lorenza ^a   Dente, Federico Lorenzo ^a   Bacci, Elena ^a   Bartoli, Maria Laura ^a   Cianchetti, Silvana ^a   Costa, Francesco ^a   Franco, Antonella Di ^a   Malagrin, Laura ^a   Novelli, Federica ^a   Vagaggini, Barbara ^a   Paggiaro, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACT; Asthma control; Diary card; Exhaled nitric oxide; Sputum eosinophils

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURNAL ASTHMA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPUTUM;

EID: 84858419200     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2012.661008     Document Type: Review

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