Sentence examples for measures of exacerbation from inspiring English sources

In the evidence currently available, dust mite exposure consistently is positively associated with various measures of exacerbation or severity of asthma in children, including in studies of strong design, with proper temporality, and with biologic plausibility demonstrated.

The EXACT was not evaluated as a measure of exacerbations, nor was the E-RS:COPD assessed as a measure of respiratory symptoms in ACO.

Secondary end points were, among other things, rates of exacerbations, measures of FVC, changes in St . Georges Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) responses (a disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument) and mortality.

The paired t test was used to compare matched stable and exacerbation measures of airway bacterial load and sputum inflammatory mediators.

Yet it is not clear whether instruments such as the EQ-5D or the SF-12 are suitable to measure the impact of exacerbations on HrQoL.

When measuring the appearance of exacerbations with these two methods, this trial is able to compare event based and symptoms based methods in relation to the primary and some of the secondary outcome measures.

The outcome measures of these study were: number of exacerbations, defined as a sustained worsening of the patient's condition, from the stable state and beyond normal day-to-day variations, that is acute in onset and necessitates a change in regular medications [ 15], and number of hospital admissions.

Main outcome measures were exacerbations of asthma evaluated in the emergency department or hospital.

Our study was confined to a limited number of readily available predictors; therefore, variables with potential relevance to mortality risk such as exacerbation frequency or measures of exercise capacity were not included.

The outcome measures were the number of exacerbations and exacerbation-related hospitalization.

Secondary outcomes were chronic respiratory questionnaire domain scores, frequency and patients' management of exacerbations measured with the Nijmegen telephonic exacerbation assessment system, and self efficacy measured with the COPD self-efficacy scale.