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SUBMITTER: Athanazio R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5112706 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Athanazio Rodrigo R Carvalho-Pinto Regina R Fernandes Frederico Leon Arrabal FL Rached Samia S Rabe Klaus K Cukier Alberto A Stelmach Rafael R
BMC pulmonary medicine 20161116 1
<h4>Background</h4>Despite advances in asthma treatment, severe asthma (SA) still results in high morbidity and use of health resources. Our hypothesis was that SA patients would achieve adequate control with a systematic protocol, including oral corticosteroids, budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy and a multidisciplinary approach to improve adherence.<h4>Methods</h4>Non-controlled (NC) SA patients were enrolled to receive 2 weeks of oral corticosteroids and 12 weeks of formot ...[more]