title: Diagnosis and clinical assessment of asthma.
abstract: A clinical diagnosis of asthma presents little difficulty but lung function should be measured to confirm the diagnosis. Provocation tests are useful. The error made most frequently by both doctors and patients is to underestimate the severity of asthma: lung function measurements keep errors to a minimum.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008448:Maximal Expiratory Flow Rate; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents