title: Outpatient management of bronchial asthma in adults.
abstract: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable airway hyperresponsiveness. Pharmacological therapy can include short acting beta2-agonists, low dose inhaled corticosteroids or long acting beta2-agonists, leukotriene modifying agents, anticholinergic bronchodilators, mast cell stabilizing medication and theophylline.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Jose D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Dipak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chandy
authors.forename: Wilbert S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: Lawrence J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: DeLorenzo
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016540:Smoking Cessation
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents