Asthma: Assessment, diagnosis, and management

Study evidence-based guidelines for assessment and management of asthma throughout the lifespan with the guidance of expert clinician Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald.

This program will help you learn:

• How to diagnose asthma based on history of characteristic symptom patterns and evidence of airflow limitation
• How to establish asthma severity
• What factors contribute to poor asthma control
• How to develop a plan of pharmacologic intervention for acute asthma flare-ups as well as long-term preventive therapy utilizing current evidence
• When to step up or step down therapy