Childhood Asthma: Diagnosis and Treatment

Table 4

Assessment of control for children from 6 years of age, according to the GINA guidelines [1].

Assessment of current clinical control
Characteristics	Controlled; (all of the following)	Partly controlled; (any measure presented)	Uncontrolled
Daytime symptoms	None; (twice or less/week)	More than twice/week	Three or more features of partly controlled asthma
Limitation of activities	None	Any
Nocturnal symptoms/awakenings	None	Any
Need for reliever/rescue inhaler	None; (twice or less/week)	More than twice/week
Lung function (PEFR or FEV1)	None	<80% predicted or personal best; (if known)