Key Point:

A sizable minority (about 25%) of asthmatic children may experience a 1% to 2% decline in percent predicted lung function per year, even with treatment.

health care use and escalation in medication use, to keep track of the disease and its progression.

—Tamara Gibb

Reference
1. Covar RA, Spahn JD, Murphy JR, Szefler SJ, for the Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group. Progression of asthma measured by lung function in the Childhood Asthma Management Program. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004;170:234-241.

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