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Published in final edited form as: Clin Chest Med. 2019 Mar;40(1):163–177. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2018.10.010

Table (1).

Measures of assessment of Steroid Responsiveness in adults

Subjective measurement:

- Self-monitoring of symptoms, and activity limitations.

- Standardized asthma specific questionnaire tools (ACT, ACQ ATAC)

- Quality of life assessments Asthma quality of life questionnaire, peds AQLQ. (PAQLQ, AQLQ, etc)

Objective measurement

- Exacerbation rate

-Lung function Spirometry (FEV₁)

- Peak expiratory flow (PEF)

- Bronchodilator reversibility

- Inflammatory markers:

- sputum cytology -

-Fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) -