Difficult-to-control asthma management through the use of a specific protocol.
The present study is a critical review of difficult-to-control asthma, highlighting the characteristics and severity of the disease. It also presents a protocol for the management of patients with this asthma phenotype. The protocol, which was based on relevant studies in the literature, is described and analyzed.
Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Pedro
P
Giavina-Bianchi
Marcelo Vivolo
MV
Aun
Carla
C
Bisaccioni
Rosana
R
Agondi
Jorge
J
Kalil
D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D012720:Severity of Illness Index