AsthmaAnti-Asthmatic AgentsStatus AsthmaticusAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdministration, InhalationForced Expiratory VolumePeak Expiratory Flow RateBronchodilator AgentsSeverity of Illness IndexAirway RemodelingAlbuterolRespiratory Function TestsNebulizers and VaporizersBronchiBudesonideBronchial HyperreactivityRhinitisAllergensSpirometryBeclomethasoneSputumHypersensitivityEosinophilsBronchoscopyAirway ObstructionRespiratory SoundsAsthma, Exercise-InducedAdrenergic beta-AgonistsMethacholine ChlorideAcute DiseaseHypersensitivity, ImmediateGlucocorticoidsFenoterolLungBronchoconstrictionVital CapacityTerbutalineAsthma, OccupationalAdrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsExhalationSkin TestsLeukotriene AntagonistsBronchographyEthanolaminesLipoxinsPulmonary MedicineBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBreath TestsBronchoconstrictor AgentsPregnenedionesAerosolsDouble-Blind MethodRespiratory Therapy Department, HospitalEosinophiliaRespiratory HypersensitivityHospitalizationSinusitisInterleukin-13Bronchial Provocation TestsRespiratory MucosaQuestionnairesAndrostadienesRespiratory SystemCross-Sectional StudiesCase-Control StudiesPrevalencePulmonary EosinophiliaLaryngeal DiseasesMagnesium SulfatePhenotypeInterleukin-5Risk FactorsNitrogen DioxideIpratropiumTreatment OutcomeQuality of LifeOvalbuminRhinitis, Allergic, PerennialPrednisoloneTh2 CellsAminophyllineAirway ResistanceEmergency Service, HospitalChronic DiseaseRespiratory TherapyMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 12Immunoglobulin EMacrophages, AlveolarAntibodies, Anti-IdiotypicProspective StudiesSelf CarePulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveBronchiectasisAspergillosis, Allergic BronchopulmonaryCohort StudiesBiological MarkersNew ZealandEmergenciesRespiration, Artificial