Evaluation of Asthma Control by Physicians and Patients: Comparison with Current Guidelines

BACKGROUND:Current asthma consensus guidelines recommend a series of criteria for determining whether asthma is controlled. It is not known whether physicians are using these criteria to assess treatment needs and how effective such assessments are compared with patient assessment of asthma control.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Louis-Philippe Boulet, Robert Phillips, Paul O’Byrne, Allan Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2002-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/731804