Childhood Asthma: Diagnosis and Treatment

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 4</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption">Assessment of control for children from 6 years of age, according to the GINA guidelines [<a href="../../674204/#B1">1</a>].</div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center" colspan="4">Assessment of current clinical control </td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Characteristics</td><td align="center">Controlled <br />(all of the following)</td><td align="center">Partly controlled <br />(any measure presented)</td><td align="center">Uncontrolled</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="4"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Daytime symptoms</td><td align="center">None <br />(twice or less/week)</td><td align="center">More than twice/week</td><td align="center" rowspan="5">Three or more features of partly controlled asthma</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Limitation of activities</td><td align="center">None</td><td align="center">Any</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Nocturnal symptoms/awakenings</td><td align="center">None</td><td align="center">Any</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Need for reliever/rescue inhaler</td><td align="center">None <br />(twice or less/week)</td><td align="center">More than twice/week</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Lung function (PEFR or FEV<sub>1</sub>)</td><td align="center">None</td><td align="center">&lt;80% predicted or personal best <br />(if known)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

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