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GINA Guidelines. I will list the summary here:

>Asthma severity can be assessed when the patient has been on controller treatment for several months:17,138
>•Mild asthma is asthma that is well controlled with Step 1 or Step 2 treatment (Box 3-5, p.54), i.e. with as-needed ICS-formoterol alone, or with low-intensity maintenance controller treatment such as low dose ICS, leukotrienereceptor antagonists or chromones. For patients prescribed as-needed ICS-formoterol, the frequency of use thatshould be considered to represent well-controlled asthma has not yet been determined.
>•Moderate asthmais asthma that is well controlled with Step 3 treatment e.g. low dose ICS-LABA.
>•Severe asthma is asthma that requires Step 4 or 5 treatment (Box 3-5, p.54), e.g. high dose ICS-LABA, to prevent it from becoming ‘uncontrolled’, or asthma that remains ‘uncontrolled’ despite this treatment.