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We hypothesized that LCI would be higher (worse) in children with severe therapy\u2010resistant asthma (STRA) compared with difficult asthma (DA) and healthy controls and that LCI would fall in response to parenteral steroids in STRA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Sixty\u2010four children with asthma who were prescribed high\u2010dose asthma therapy (GINA steps 4 or 5) performed LCI and spirometry. Forty\u2010three had STRA and 21 DA. Thirty\u2010nine of forty\u2010three STRA patients attended for a clinically indicated bronchoscopy during which an intramuscular injection of triamcinolone was given. LCI, spirometry, and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) were performed on the day of the bronchoscopy and repeated 4 weeks later.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>LCI was more abnormal in STRA (median: 7.40, range: 5.58\u201012.34) than in DA (6.55, 5.77\u20107.75), <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.0006, and healthy controls (6.53, 5.57\u20107.35), <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.005. In contrast to the first second forced expired volume (FEV<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>), LCI improved following systemic steroids; of 20 STRA patients with an abnormal LCI at baseline, 13 improved following triamcinolone. LCI and FeNO responses were concordant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is a subgroup of children with STRA in whom LCI is elevated who improve following parenteral steroids. 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