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. 2018 Mar 16;19:43. doi: 10.1186/s12931-018-0746-7

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