Advances in the care of adults with asthma and allergy in 2007.
In 2007 the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program published the Expert Panel Report 3, updating its 1997 and 2002 guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma with new emphasis on assessment and attainment of control. This review focuses on the Journal articles published in 2007 pertaining to risk and impairment in adult asthma and interventions to improve its control.
Apter
Andrea J
AJ
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. apter@mail.med.upenn.edu
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends