title: Asthma: current therapeutic approach.
abstract: This article discusses the goals of asthma therapy, treatment of the acute exacerbation, and day-to-day management. The importance of early pharmacologic intervention is emphasized. In 1988, the need to hospitalize a child with asthma often represents failure of ambulatory management.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D013806:Theophylline / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D013806:Theophylline