POCKET GUIDE FOR ASTHMA MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION

POCKET GUIDE FOR
ASTHMA MANAGEMENT
AND PREVENTION
A Pocket Guide for Health Professionals
Updated 2016
(for Adults and Children Older than 5 Years)
BASED ON THE GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR ASTHMA
MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION
© Global Initiative for AsthmaCOPYRIGHTED MATERIAL- DO NOT ALTER OR REPRODUCE

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GLOBAL INITIATIVE
FOR ASTHMA
POCKET GUIDE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Updated 2016
GINA Board of Directors
Chair: J Mark FitzGerald, MD
GINA Science Committee
Chair: Helen Reddel, MBBS PhD
GINA Dissemination and Implementation Committee
Chair: Louis-Philippe Boulet, MD
GINA Assembly
The GINA Assembly includes members from 45 countries, listed on the
GINA website www.ginasthma.org .
GINA Program
Suzanne Hurd, PhD (to Dec 2015); Rebecca Decker, BS, MSJ
Names of members of the GINA Committees are listed on page 28. COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL- DO NOT ALTER OR REPRODUCE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ............................................................................................................ 3
What is known about asthma? ......................................................................... 4
Making the diagnosis of asthma ...................................................................... 5
Criteria for making the diagnosis of asthma ................................................ 6
Diagnosing asthma in special populations .................................................. 7
Assessing a patient with asthma ...................................................................... 8
How to assess asthma control .................................................................... 9
How to investigate uncontrolled asthma.................................................... 10
Management of asthma ................................................................................. 11
General principles ..................................................................................... 11
Treating to control symptoms and minimize risk ....................................... 11