The introduction of the Global Initiative for Asthma 2019 guidelines significantly improved treatment of children with mild asthma, according to one study. Increased registrars’ knowledge of the ...

Changes in recommendations for the use of inhaled corticosteroids are likely to have the biggest overall impact on clinical practice. For patients with severe asthma, triple therapy is now the ...

The use of clinical guidelines for the management of asthma can help improve patient outcomes and control costs. This article explores ways that managed care organizations can encourage physicians to ...

Representing a major revision, the rules say you should take into account both underlying disease and responsiveness to treatment. Since 1993, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has issued ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Guidelines say patients with obesity and asthma should lose between 5% and 10% of their weight. Primary care ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN ANTONIO — Most physicians appeared unaware of updates to asthma management guidelines more than 6 months ...

If the FeNO level is not raised, it is recommended that the patient be offered either a Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist (LAMA) or a Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist (LTRA) on top of a moderate-dose ...

New Approaches for Monitoring Asthma Control, Expanded Recommendations for Children The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) today issued the first comprehensive update in a decade ...

An international group of primary care asthma experts, as well as pulmonologists and allergists from Europe and the US, met to discuss asthma management focused on the primary care office. This paper ...

Dr. Weinberger is Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonary Division at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa. His primary area of research ...