The increasing global incidence of asthma and the availability of national guidelines for
asthma treatment present an opportunity for emergency care providers to improve the …

A main tenet of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program's approach is to
integrate proper management of acute asthma into overall asthma care. Accordingly, we …

The prevalence of asthma has been increasing worldwide despite aggressive efforts to treat
and prevent it [1]. Asthma affects approximately 4% to 5% of people in developed nations [2 …

Objectives: Despite evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the emergency
management of asthma, substantial treatment variation exists. Our objective was to assess …

OBJECTIVE: To develop a set of comprehensive, standardized evidence-based guidelines
for the assessment and treatment of acute asthma in adults in the emergency setting …

Objectives: To provide physicians with current guidelines for the diagnosis and optimal
management of asthma in children and adults, including pregnant women and the elderly, in …

Asthma is an extremely common disease. There are 500,000 asthma hospitalizations each
year. There were 474,000 hospital discharges in 1996 with asthma as the first diagnosis …

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in adults, affecting 300 million people
worldwide. 1 Asthma affects 7% to 8% of people in North America, 2–4 including more than …

This article summarizes the recommendations regarding the management of asthma
exacerbations presented in the Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3)(1). The evidence supporting …

Many have felt that the education of health care professionals, public health officials, and
patients themselves will result in better management strategies for asthma with the hope of …