Table: (2).

Steroid responsiveness criteria in children with asthma (23)

Steroid response in children
ACT score*	>19/25 or 50% increase
FeNO	normal (<24 ppb),
Bronchodilator responsiveness (FEV1)	≥12% increase from baseline
Morning FEV1 *	FEV1 ≥80% of predicted value or ≥15% increase
Sputum eosinophil counts	(<2.5%)

^*Asthma Control Test score

Adapted from Bossley CJ, Fleming L, Ullmann N, Gupta A, Adams A, Nagakumar P, et al. Assessment of corticosteroid response in pediatric patients with severe asthma by using a multidomain approach. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016;138(2):413-20 e6; with permission