title: Ambulatory care of the adult asthma patient.
abstract: Asthma is a chronic airway disorder that is a serious public health problem in many countries. Asthma affects people of all ages. It ranges from mild to severe and sometimes is fatal. Over 100 million people worldwide have asthma and the prevalence is increasing, especially in the cohort aged 1 to 14 years. Risk factors that lead to the development of asthma appear to be largely environmental and therefore potentially preventable. Lifestyle changes and exposure to allergens may be responsible for the increase in prevalence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donohue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents