Abstract:Introduction:Clinical practice guidelines recommend regularadjustment of treatment to achieve control of asthma. A step-up approach based on the degree of disease control should be followed.Objective: To perform a real-lifeanalysis of the factors that affect the success or failure of this therapeutic strategy and of the criteria applied by clinicians when applying a step-up approach in a representative sample of patients diagnosed with moderate-severe asthma.
Material and Methods:We performed a multicenter ret… Show more
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