title: [Interpretation of2016 asthma management and prevention guideline].
abstract: The revision in2016 asthma management and prevention guidelineincludes both the diagnosis of asthma and the control-based asthma management. It points out that asthma is a heterogeneous disease, and the diagnosis of asthma should be based on the characteristic pattern of symptoms and evidence of variable airflow limitation, emphasizing the diagnosis of atypical asthma. Besides, the epidemiology of asthma, assessment of asthma, management severe asthma, special type of asthma and asthma in special populations have been added in this version. The revised guideline provides an important reference for the standardized management of asthma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Huaqiong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China. huahaoshen@163.com.
authors.forename: Huahao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans