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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2007 Nov;44(9):699-704.
doi: 10.1080/02770900701595543.

Peak expiratory flow-guided self-management treatment of asthma in Serbia

Branislava A Milenković  1 , Ivana J Stanković, Aleksandra M Ilić, Vesna I Petrović
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Peak expiratory flow-guided self-management treatment of asthma in Serbia

Branislava A Milenković et al. J Asthma. 2007 Nov.

Abstract

The aims of this study were to compare the efficacy of 1-year peak expiratory flow (PEF)-based self-management of asthma against conventional treatment and to analyze the long-term effectiveness of self-management. Eighty adult patients with persistent asthma (group B). After 1 year, significant improvement was noted in markers of asthma severity in group A but there were no changes in group B. After 6 years of the self-management program, asthma morbidity and emergency use of health services were reduced. These results show short-term and long-term effectiveness of a PEF-based self-management program in persistent asthma.

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