TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of asthma management in adult patients
AU - Bronkhorst, E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Medpharm.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition characterised by intermittent episodes of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dyspnoea and variable airflow limitation, and airway hyper-responsiveness. Asthma severity varies uniquely between individuals and may change over time. Identifying asthma severity is integral to asthma management and linking appropriate treatment to establish asthma control. Asthma management is based on a step-wise approach on severity of patient presentation and includes bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids and mast cell stabilisers. This article provides an overview of the diagnosis, characterisation and treatment of asthma.
AB - Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition characterised by intermittent episodes of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dyspnoea and variable airflow limitation, and airway hyper-responsiveness. Asthma severity varies uniquely between individuals and may change over time. Identifying asthma severity is integral to asthma management and linking appropriate treatment to establish asthma control. Asthma management is based on a step-wise approach on severity of patient presentation and includes bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids and mast cell stabilisers. This article provides an overview of the diagnosis, characterisation and treatment of asthma.
KW - asthma
KW - beta-adrenergic agonist
KW - inhaled corticosteroids
KW - step-wise approach
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U2 - 10.10520/ejc-mp_sapj_v90_n2_a8
DO - 10.10520/ejc-mp_sapj_v90_n2_a8
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85177865210
SN - 2221-5875
VL - 90
SP - 30
EP - 35
JO - SA Pharmaceutical Journal
JF - SA Pharmaceutical Journal
IS - 2
ER -
