Outpatient management of bronchial asthma in adults.
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.
Rosa
Jose D
JD
Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Chandy
Dipak
D
Aronow
Wilbert S
WS
DeLorenzo
Lawrence J
LJ
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
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents