Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology
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Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol · Jun 2013
ReviewAsthma exacerbations: predisposing factors and prediction rules.
Asthma is a multifaceted disease that is associated with decreased lung function, multiple symptoms, varying levels of asthma control, and risk of acute exacerbations. The ability to predict the risk of developing acute exacerbations may improve the management of asthmatics and facilitate identification of these patients for interventional studies. ⋯ This review will emphasize underlying factors associated with asthma exacerbations and clinical prediction rules that correlate with the risk of developing severe exacerbations of asthma.