Volume 77, Number 6
Should patients with mild asthma use inhaled steroids?
1. Which of the following patient measures is consistent with a diagnosis of mild persistent asthma?
- Exacerbations requiring oral systemic corticosteroids no more than once a year
- Daily use of a short-acting beta-agonist
- Nighttime awakenings twice a week
- Symptoms on 2 or fewer days per week
- Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV
1) 85% of predicted







