title: [GINA 2014: Yin and Yang].
abstract: After 8 years the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) presented a fully revised report. In May 2014 the new GINA was published online [www.ginasthma.org]. On a live GINA Session at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) conference 2014 in Munich members of the board of directors and of the science committee presented the new contents, e.g. the GINA statement from page one, that GINA is "Not a guideline, but a practical approach to managing asthma in clinical practice"--was explicitly emphasized on the ERS. This may reflect a changing claim towards a more pragmatic attempt (but probably also the fear of liability).
authors.affiliation: Gemeinschaftspraxis & Zentrum für Allergologie, Pneumologie & Schlafmedizin.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kardos
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe; D014943:Global Health / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000592:standards*