title: Is it asthma?
abstract: A patient assessment with history, physical examination and simple tests of air flow limitation will usually allow the primary care physician to make the correct diagnosis and to commence treatment. Nevertheless, the diagnosis of asthma is not always easy and the author discusses approaches to adults if the diagnosis of asthma is uncertain.
authors.affiliation: Victorian Health Promotion, Foundation Centre for Adolescent Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bowes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D010808:Physical Examination