title: [National Disease Management Guideline for Asthma: recommendations and evidence for "asthma prevention" issues].
abstract: The National Disease Management Program (NDM Program) represents the basic content of structured, cross-sectoral healthcare. In particular, the NDM Program is directed towards coordinating different disciplines and areas of healthcare. The recommendations are developed through interdisciplinary consensus of the scientific medical societies on the basis of the best available evidence. Within this scope the scientific medical societies concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation of asthma consented upon a National Disease Management Guideline for Asthma in 2005. Among other things, the following cornerstones of asthma prevention were agreed upon: Breastfeeding and non-smoking were suggested as primary prevention measures for (expectant) parents. With respect to secondary prevention, recommendations have been made for allergen avoidance, active/passive smoking and immunotherapy. Regarding tertiary prevention, position statements on vaccination and specific immunotherapy are developed. The present paper presents both the original texts of the recommendations and the evidence underlying them.
authors.affiliation: Gesellschaft für pädiatrische Pneumologie e.V.
authors.forename: Dietrich
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berdel
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buhl
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dierkesmann
authors.forename: Wilhelm
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Niebling
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ukena
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Worth
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: von Wichert
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ollenschläger
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kopp
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care