Table 5.
Prognostic score for the presence of bronchiectasis in patients with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma, cut-off points of the dichotomized variables, and scoring of each variable (NOPES score)
Points | |
---|---|
Severity of asthma | |
Moderate | 0 |
Severe | 1 |
Chronic bronchial expectoration | |
No | 0 |
Yes | 1 |
Previous pneumonia | |
No | 0 |
Yes | 1 |
FeNO | |
> 20.5 ppb | 0 |
≤ 20.5 ppb | 1 |
FeNO Fractional exhaled nitric oxide, ppb parts per billion