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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Asthma Care Quick Reference: Diagnosing and Managing Asthma

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Last Reviewed: September 2012

Workgroups: Respiratory Diseases Workgroup

This guide includes tools and information to help health care providers diagnose and treat asthma and to provide long-term follow-up care. With helpful charts and bulleted lists, it provides a summary of the clinical recommendations from an expert panel report. It also provides tips for educating parents about asthma.

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Objectives related to this resource (4)

Reduce asthma deaths — RD‑01
Little or no detectable change
Reduce emergency department visits for children under 5 years with asthma — RD‑02
Little or no detectable change
Reduce emergency department visits for people aged 5 years and over with asthma — RD‑03
Little or no detectable change
Reduce asthma attacks — RD‑04
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

1.

National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2007). Asthma Care Quick Reference: Diagnosing and Managing Asthma. Retrieved from https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/all-publications-and-resources/asthma-care-quick-reference-diagnosing-and-managing