Cydney presents with a history of asthma. She has not been treated for a while. She complains of daily symptoms but not continual, greater than 1 week and at nighttime. She has been using her rescue inhaler. Her FEV1 is 60% to 80% predicted
How would you classify her asthma severity?
a. Mild intermittent c. Moderate persistent
b. Mild persistent d. Severe persistent
C
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