Resources: Asthma Clinical Practice Guideline for Children and Patient Education Materials
In January 2008, Children First Medical Group released an update to the office-based Asthma Clinical Practice Guideline for children. The purpose of the guideline is to assist providers in developing a treatment and action plan for managing their patients with asthma. This guideline follows the new National Heart, Lung and Blood Disease Institute protocol. This protocol is available in full on the NHLBI web site and a summary of this protocol can be found below.
A multidisciplinary team representing allergists, pulmonologists, primary care physicians, and nurse educators reviewed the guideline. Key components include clinical practice recommendations for diagnosis, classification, treatment, and monitoring of care as well as quality of life. Also included is a concise form listing the doses of bronchodilators and anti-inflammatory medicines, a community resource listing and educational materials that may be copied and passed out to patients. To view the Asthma Clinical Practice Guideline and the accompanying resources and patient education materials click on the links below.
Asthma Clinical Practice Guidelines
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