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- TABLE 1
Factors that should prompt consideration of more intense monitoring schemes
Emergency visits, admission or oral steroids for <1 year Low FEV1 ACT score <19 Low socioeconomic state or low income Comorbidities: rhinitis, sinusitis and reflux Severe asthma Smoking or environmental smoke exposure Reduced symptom perception Reduced adherence -
FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; ACT: asthma control test.
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- TABLE 2
Available tools for monitoring childhood asthma based on age
0–2 years 2–4 years 4–6 years >6 years Symptoms ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ C-ACT/ACT – – ✓ ✓ ACQ – – – ✓ Exacerbations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Flow volume curves/BDR – – (✓) ✓ PEF – – (✓) ✓ Rint-IOS-FOT – ✓ ✓ ✓ LCI ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ILF ✓ – – – AHR – – (✓) ✓ FeNO ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Induced sputum – – – ✓ EBC – – (✓) ✓ -
Tick marks indicate relevant/available tools, while tick marks in parenthesis indicates partly relevant/available tools. C-ACT: childhood asthma control test; ACT: asthma control test; BDR: bronchodilator response; PEF: peak expiratory flow; Rint-IOS-FOT: interrupter resistance-impulse oscillometry-forced oscillation technique; LCI: lung clearance index; ILF: infant lung function; AHR: airway hyperresponsiveness; FeNO: exhaled nitric oxide fraction; EBC: exhaled breath condensate.
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Monitoring asthma in childhood
