Journal article
Quadrupling inhaled glucocorticoid dose to abort asthma exacerbations
- Abstract:
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Asthma exacerbations are frightening for patients and are occasionally fatal. We tested the concept that a plan for patients to manage their asthma (self-management plan), which included a temporary quadrupling of the dose of inhaled glucocorticoids when asthma control started to deteriorate, would reduce the incidence of severe asthma exacerbations among adults and adolescents with asthma.We conducted a pragmatic, unblinded, randomized trial involving adults and adolescents with asthma who w...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ National Institute for
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Grant:
Health Technology Assessment Programme
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Massachusetts Medical Society Publisher's website
- Journal:
- New England Journal of Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 378
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 902-910
- Publication date:
- 2018-03-08
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1533-4406
- ISSN:
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0028-4793
- Pmid:
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29504499
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:828310
- UUID:
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uuid:d661df12-1779-400a-9741-e114d7baf301
- Local pid:
- pubs:828310
- Source identifiers:
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828310
- Deposit date:
- 2018-04-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2018 Massachusetts Medical Society.
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