Medical algorithms: Approach to adult asthma exacerbations.

Keywords: asthma treatment; biologics; biomarkers EN asthma treatment biologics biomarkers 3556 3559 4 11/01/21 20211101 NES 211101 An "operational" definition of an exacerbation of asthma is a (sub)acute worsening of asthma symptoms that requires a change in treatment. Therefore, international guidelines emphasize not only appropriate treatment of the exacerbations, but to optimize baseline asthma treatment to improve asthma control to reduce future risk. Patients with mild asthma may develop a severe exacerbation (ranging from 0.2 to 2.9/patient/year),3 that may rarely even be fatal, and patients with severe asthma may have a mild or moderate exacerbation. [Extracted from the article]