Objetivo: Comparar el nivel de control del asma mediante el uso del Asthma Control Test (ACT) y manifestaciones clínicas en dos grupos de pacientes tratados con diferentes corticosteroides inhalados (GCI). Materiales y métodos. Estudio descriptivo, observacional y prospectivo donde se registró en 521 niños del programa de asma del Hospital III Yanahuara (Arequipa, Perú) el Nivel de Control del Asma, durante el periodo de junio del 2020 a diciembre 2021, por medio de la consulta remota empleando el ACT y la recopilación de los hallazgos clínicos (síntomas diurnos, nocturnos, visita a emergencias y uso de broncodilatadores beta 2 agonistas), en dos momentos durante la pandemia COVID-19. Resultados. Ambos grupos tuvieron un control óptimo al inicio y final del estudio, con una mejoría significativa en el último control (P < 0.05). En las manifestaciones clínicas no hubo una dife...

Objective: To compare the level of asthma control using the Asthma Control Test (ACT) and clinical manifestations in two groups of patients treated with different inhaled corticosteroids (ICG). Materials and methods: Descriptive, observational and prospective study in which the level of asthma control was recorded in 521 children in the asthma programme of Hospital III Yanahuara (Arequipa, Peru), during the period from June 2020 to December 2021, by means of remote consultation using the ACT and the collection of clinical findings (daytime and night-time symptoms, emergency visits and the use of beta-2 agonist bronchodilators), at two points in time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results:  Both groups had optimal control at baseline and at the end of the study, with a significant improvement in the last control (P < 0.05). In clinical manifestations there was no statistical differ...

Objective: To compare the level of asthma control using the Asthma Control Test (ACT) and clinical manifestations in two groups of patients treated with different inhaled corticosteroids (ICG). Materials and methods: Descriptive, observational and prospective study in which the level of asthma control was recorded in 521 children in the asthma programme of Hospital III Yanahuara (Arequipa, Peru), during the period from June 2020 to December 2021, by means of remote consultation using the ACT and the collection of clinical findings (daytime and night-time symptoms, emergency visits and the use of beta-2 agonist bronchodilators), at two points in time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results:  Both groups had optimal control at baseline and at the end of the study, with a significant improvement in the last control (P < 0.05). In clinical manifestations there was no statistical differ...