title: Sideline management of asthma.
abstract: The timely, efficient, and effective sideline management of asthma must be based on an understanding of the disease processes, awareness of evidence-based therapeutic intervention, and thorough knowledge of the individual athlete's past and present medical history. There is accumulating evidence that exercise-induced airway narrowing, if unrecognized or inadequately treated, can progress to a severe life-threatening status and should always be viewed as a potential medical emergency. A widening range of therapeutic measures is currently available to prevent and treat exercise asthma, and treatment must be tailored to the individual circumstances in order to optimize response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, 1111 S. St. Louis Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74120, USA. Thomas-Allen@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D001250:Asthma, Exercise-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013177:Sports
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents