Predictors of Loss of Asthma Control Induced by Corticosteroid Withdrawal

Affiliations

Jose Belda: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare & Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Krishnan Parameswaran: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare & Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Catherine Lemière: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare & Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Dennis Kamada: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare & Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Paul M O'Byrne: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare & Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Frederick E Hargreave: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare & Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Asthma guidelines recommend reducing the dose of inhaled corticosteroids after establishing control.

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503