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Global strategy for asthma management and prevention

Romain A. Pauwels
- 30 Sep 1996 - 
- Vol. 45, Iss: 8, pp 792
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This article is published in Japanese Journal of Allergology.The article was published on 1996-09-30 and is currently open access. It has received 10451 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Global strategy & Asthma Control Questionnaire.

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TL;DR: Elderly patients with long-standing asthma had more severe airway obstruction than patients with recently acquired disease and older patients particularly those withLong-standing disease complained less about asthma symptoms.
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A placebo controlled trial of fluticasone propionate in asthmatic children

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Arterial blood gas analysis or oxygen saturation in the assessment of acute asthma

TL;DR: In the initial assessment of acute severe asthma an oxygen saturation of > 92% suggests that respiratory failure is unlikely and therefore arterial blood gas measurement is unnecessary and therefore other parameters of severity must be continually assessed.
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