New AAAAI Guidelines Stress Flexibility in Asthma Therapy - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
By Jeff Minerd, MedPage Today Staff Writer
Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
October 26, 2005
MedPage Today Action Points
* Take note that the new AAAAI asthma guidelines emphasize frequent assessment of symptoms in detail each time a patient sees a physician, with medication increased or decreased
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Familiarize yourself with the new guidelines, available on the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology web site at www.jacionline.org.
* Explain to patients that they should accept nothing but a well-controlled or completely controlled disease.
Review
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 26 - Rather than a rigid treatment regimen determined by an initial assessment of disease severity, asthma therapy should be flexible, responding to changes in symptoms.
So suggest new guidelines from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) that emphasize the dynamic nature of the disease.
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