@article {BarmparessouPA3713, author = {Zafeiria Barmparessou and Aliki Korkontzelou and Marios Ioannou and Nikolaos Vichos and Margarita Gkotsina and Katerina Mprinia and Vasiliki Saltagianni and Timoleon Giannakas and Vassilis Giannakoulis and Nikolaos Athanasiou and Archontoula Antonoglou and Sophia Gida and Sotiris Kakavas and Georgios Boulbasakos and Sofia Pappa and Efthimios Zervas and Paraskevi Katsaounou}, title = {High prevalence of mild asthma among~asthmatics visiting emergency department (ED)}, volume = {58}, number = {suppl 65}, elocation-id = {PA3713}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3713}, publisher = {European Respiratory Society}, abstract = {Asthma exacerbations are a common cause of ED visits and can be life-threatening for patients with asthma. Identification of these patients characteristics could help improve their management and reduce exacerbations rate.We called for a 3-month follow-up visit patients that visited ED and were initially diagnosed with asthma exacerbation. Patients with a definite diagnosis of asthma were finally assessed in terms of the following parameters (Table 1a).100 patients were enrolled, with 34\% being newly diagnosed with asthma. The majority of them had mild asthma, outreaching 72.6\% in GINA stages I and II. 13.7\% were classified in stage III and 13.7\% in stages IV/V.~Prior to ED visit treatment included ICS/LABA(32.3\%), SABA as needed(24.2\%), ICS/LABA plus LAMA(19.4\%), ICS/LABA as needed(9.7\%) and 8.1\% did not receive any treatment. 62.3\% were adherent at prescribed treatment. Active smoking was self-reported by 40.4\% and passive smoking outreached 31\% in non-smokers. Following HAD{\textquoteright}s score evaluation 31.2\% showed anxiety and 12.5\% showed depression (cutoffs\>11). See all characteristics on Table 1b.Conclusively, 1/3 of patients visiting ED with asthma exacerbation, were newly diagnosed with asthma. Most of~patients~were classified in stages I and II and a significant proportion used SABA monotherapy prior to visit. Smoking, poor adherence, psychopathology and commorbidities were highly prevalent characteristics among participants. FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2021; 58: Suppl. 65, PA3713.This abstract was presented at the 2021 ERS International Congress, in session {\textquotedblleft}Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD{\textquotedblright}.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).}, issn = {0903-1936}, URL = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/58/suppl_65/PA3713}, eprint = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content}, journal = {European Respiratory Journal} }