Asthmatic Subjects Could Live Without Short Acting beta2 Agonists

During the period from March 10, 2017 to January 16, 2018 the investigators decided to describe the rescue medication in all new asthmatic subjects that came for a first visit to the outpatient pulmonary department. Patients aged ≥16 years were entered in the study with a a diagnosis of asthma, based on a history of episodic dyspnea and wheezing, and/or documented bronchodilator reversibility in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) of 12% and 200 ml according to the National Institutes of Health criteria; to be non- or ex-smoker of less than 10 pack-yr, to be neither pregnant nor breast-feeding and to be capable of completing Asthma control test and spirometry. Consecutive patients visiting the outpatient pulmonary department were included in the description.