Components of severity | Classification of asthma severity (children 5 to 11 years of age) | ||||
Intermittent | Persistent | ||||
Mild | Moderate | Severe | |||
Impairment | Symptoms | ≤2 days/week | >2 days/week, but not daily | Daily | Throughout the day |
Nighttime awakenings | ≤2 times/month | 3 to 4 times/month | >1 time/week, but not nightly | Often 7 times/week | |
Short-acting beta2-agonist use for symptom control (not prevention of EIB) | ≤2 days/week | >2 days/week, but not daily | Daily | Several times per day | |
Interference with normal activity | None | Minor limitation | Some limitation | Extremely limited | |
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Risk | Exacerbations requiring oral systemic glucocorticoids | 0 to 1/year (refer to legend) | ≥2 in 1 year (refer to legend) | ||
Consider severity and interval since last exacerbation | |||||
Frequency and severity may fluctuate over time for patients in any severity category | |||||
Relative annual risk of exacerbations may be related to FEV1 |
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