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Article: Screen tests to predict future asthma attacks not effective for certain patients
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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Washington, September. 1 -- Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center say that certain clinical finding and lab tests, thought to have the potential to predict future asthma attacks, may be little successful when applied to people with persistent disease who are adhering to their health care regimens.
While previous reports have suggested that such screen tests can prove very helpful in predicting future asthma attacks, the researchers point out that the earlier conclusions were based on observations of patients with poorly controlled asthma who had not received care based on current guidelines.
'It was surprising to find that factors often used to predict future asthma risk in poorly ...