The 2020 Focused Updates to the NIH Asthma Management Guidelines: Key Points for Pediatricians.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Cloutier, Michelle M.; Teach, Stephen J.; Lemanske Jr, Robert F.; Blake, Kathryn V.
- Source
- Pediatrics. Jun2021, Vol. 147 Issue 6, p1-4. 4p.
- Subject
- *ASTHMA treatment
*ASTHMA prevention
*ADRENOCORTICAL hormones
*DECISION making
*IMMUNOTHERAPY
*ALLERGENS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0031-4005
The article discusses the 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines issued by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee Expert Panel Working Group for pediatricians in their treatment of asthma. The guidelines include intermittent inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy, bronchial thermoplasty and long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA).