title: Outpatient asthma management.
abstract: Asthma is an inflammatory disease. Educated asthmatics can be involved in self-managements strategies that focus on prevention and treatment of airway inflammation using environmental control and inhaled corticosteroids as the cornerstones of therapy. It is hoped that such an approach will reduce asthma morbidity and mortality rates.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Cockcroft
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalra
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents