An Adult with asthma presents with
asthma symptoms every day and wakes
up in the night approximately 2 to 3 days
in a week.
He can be classified as having :
a) Intermittent Asthma
b) Mild Persistent Asthma
c) Moderate Persistent Asthma
d) Severe Persistent Asthma
Correct Answer - C
Answer is C (Moderate Persistent Asthma):
‘Giudelines for the diagnosis and management of Asthma’ Summary
Report 2007 (N1H Publication Number 08-5846); Koda-Kimble and
Young’s Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs
10TH/568,569,570
Moderate Persistent Asthma in an adult (>12 years) is defined as
Day-Time Symptoms that occur daily and Night-Time Symptoms
occurring more than 1 night per week but not every night