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A simple prediction tool for inhaled corticosteroid response in asthmatic children

Yi-Fan Wu, Ming-Wei Su, Bor-Luen Chiang, Yao-Hsu Yang, Ching-Hui Tsai and Yungling L. Lee BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2017 17:176 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0533-0 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Inhaled corticosteroids are recommended as the first-line controller medication for childhood…

Barriers and facilitators of effective self-management in asthma: systematic review and thematic synthesis of patient and healthcare professional views

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2017; 27: 57. doi:  10.1038/s41533-017-0056-4 Clare Miles,1 Emily Arden-Close,2 Mike Thomas,3,4 Anne Bruton,4,5 Lucy Yardley,1 Matthew Hankins,6 and Sarah E. Kirby1,4 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►   Abstract  Self-management is an established,…