Cost Analysis of Monitoring Asthma Treatment using Sputum Cell Counts

BACKGROUND: In a four-centre trial, the use of sputum cell counts (sputum strategy [SS]) to guide treatment had resulted in fewer and less severe exacerbations without the need for a higher corticosteroid dose, compared with the use of symptoms and spirometry (clinical strategy [CS]).

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Main Authors: Liesel D’silva, Amiram Gafni, Lehana Thabane, Lata Jayaram, Pat Hussack, Frederick E Hargreave, Parameswaran Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/946735
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