Asthma Exacerbation Rates in Adults Are Unchanged Over a 5-Year Period Despite High-Intensity Therapy

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3204202	The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice	2014	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

This study showed that exacerbation rates forÂ patients with asthma in a real-world setting remained relatively constant over time, and continuous high treatment intensity wasÂ not associated with a substantially lower risk of exacerbations.

Keywords

ICS Asthma Long-acting β-agonist long-acting β-agonists emergency department COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Natural history Exacerbations LABA International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision odds ratio Inhaled corticosteroid Inhaled corticosteroids