Author: Lee, So-lun; Chiu, Shui-seng Susan; Malik, Peiris Joseph S.; Chan, Kwok-hung; Wong, Hing-sang Wilfred; Lau, Yu-lung
Title: Is respiratory viral infection really an important trigger of asthma exacerbations in children? Document date: 2011_3_30
ID: ypkia5x1_5
Snippet: Children aged 6-14 years who attended regular follow-up at the asthma clinic were invited to participate. Children with physician-diagnosed asthma, symptoms of asthma in the preceding year, no hospital admission for exacerbation, and on regular inhaled steroid equivalent to beclomethasone ≤400 μg daily for at least 3 months prior to enrolment were recruited. Exclusion criteria were those with other known chronic respiratory disease and oral st.....
Document: Children aged 6-14 years who attended regular follow-up at the asthma clinic were invited to participate. Children with physician-diagnosed asthma, symptoms of asthma in the preceding year, no hospital admission for exacerbation, and on regular inhaled steroid equivalent to beclomethasone ≤400 μg daily for at least 3 months prior to enrolment were recruited. Exclusion criteria were those with other known chronic respiratory disease and oral steroid therapy given within 4 weeks of enrolment. The participants were followed up to cover a full calendar year to reduce potential biases associated with temporal and age-related differences in respiratory tract infections.
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