Asthma management: Are GINA guidelines appropriate for daily clinical practice?

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 294-302

  Yawn, Barbara P ^a,b   Van Der Molen, Thys ^c,d   Humbert, Marc ^e  

^a OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Guidelines; Inhaled corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; NEDOCROMIL;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ASTHMA; CANDIDIASIS; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CAREGIVER; CATARACT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPHONIA; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FLUID RETENTION; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GROWTH DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMATEMESIS; HEPATITIS; HERPES; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCREASED APPETITE; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TASTE; TREMOR; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WHEEZING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 28444440972     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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