Blood Institute
The 1997 Asthma Management Guidelines and therapeutic issues relating to the treatment of asthma. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Abstract
In 1997, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute released the Second Expert Panel Report on the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma as a follow-up to the first report issued in 1991. Implementation of the recommendations from this report could have a potentially huge impact on care and treatment of asthma in the United States. Even though the Guidelines are expansive, there are some areas related to the pharmacologic component that warrant further discussion and clarification. These are: (1) safety and efficacy of available asthma medications, (2) clinical efficacy comparisons of inhaled corticosteroids, (3) comparative risks among inhaled corticosteroids, and (4) expectations of different delivery systems used with inhaled corticosteroids.
Source and rights
Published by Chest, 1999. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
Prognia summarises this guideline for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always check the official guideline and current local protocols before acting on it.
At a glance
- Organisation
- Blood Institute
- Published
- 1999
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- Chest
- PubMed
- 9925086
