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| bgcolor="CornFlowerBlue" style="text-align:center" |'''Symptoms per day''' | |||
| bgcolor="CornFlowerBlue" style="text-align:center" |'''Symptoms per night''' | |||
| bgcolor="CornFlowerBlue" style="text-align:center" |'''PEF or FEV1''' | |||
| bgcolor="CornFlowerBlue" style="text-align:center" |'''PEF variability''' | |||
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| style="text-align:center" | less than once a week | |||
| style="text-align:center" | less than or equal to twice a month | |||
| style="text-align:center" | ≥ 80% | |||
| style="text-align:center" | < 20% | |||
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==Mild Persistent Asthma== | ==Mild Persistent Asthma== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Asthma is classified into four subgroup, namely, mild intermittent, mild persistent, moderate persistent and severe persistent based on the GINA severity grade.[1]
Mild Intermittent Asthma
| Symptoms per day | Symptoms per night | PEF or FEV1 | PEF variability |
| less than once a week | less than or equal to twice a month | ≥ 80% | < 20% |
Mild Persistent Asthma
Moderate Persistent Asthma
Severe Persistent Asthma
References
- ↑ Bateman ED, Hurd SS, Barnes PJ, Bousquet J, Drazen JM, FitzGerald M et al. (2008) Global strategy for asthma management and prevention: GINA executive summary. Eur Respir J 31 (1):143-78. DOI:10.1183/09031936.00138707 PMID: 18166595