GINA 2019: a fundamental change in asthma management

2019382 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Helen K. Reddel · The University of Sydney

J. Mark FitzGerald · University of British Columbia

Eric D. Bateman · University of Cape Town

Leonard B. Bacharier · St. Louis Children's Hospital

Allan B. Becker · Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Guy Brusselle · Ghent University Hospital

Roland Buhl

Abstract

<b>GINA no longer recommends treating adults/adolescents with asthma with short-acting bronchodilators alone. Instead, they should receive symptom-driven (in mild asthma) or a daily corticosteroid-containing inhaler, to reduce risk of severe exacerbations.</b>http://bit.ly/310LLzE

Topics & Keywords

Asthma and respiratory diseases Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: European Respiratory Journal

Volume 53, Issue 6, pp. 1901046-1901046

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01046-2019

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