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Characteristics, phenotypes, mechanisms and management of severe asthma.
Chinese medical journal - 20 May 2022
Chung Kian Fan, Dixey Piers, Abubakar-Waziri Hisham, Bhavsar Pankaj, Patel Pujan H, Guo Sujuan, Ji Yang
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ABSTRACT: Severe asthma is "asthma which requires treatment with high dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) plus a second controller (and/or systemic corticosteroids) to prevent it from becoming 'uncontrolled' or which remains 'uncontrolled' despite this therapy." The state of control was defined by symptoms, exacerbations and the degree of airflow obstruction. Therefore, for the diagnosis of severe asthma, it is...
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