[Consensus on asthma diagnosis and treatment in children and adults]

Medicina (Kaunas). 2005;41(3):251-77.
[Article in Lithuanian]

Abstract

Asthma is a chronic airway disease that is a growing problem of public health. The current consensus is based on the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and other guidelines for asthma, and adapted for Lithuania. This Consensus provides physicians with recommendations for asthma management in children and adults.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists / administration & dosage
  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Anti-Asthmatic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Asthmatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Asthma* / diagnosis
  • Asthma* / drug therapy
  • Asthma* / etiology
  • Asthma* / prevention & control
  • Asthma* / therapy
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Family
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications / therapy
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Time Factors
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution / adverse effects

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists
  • Anti-Asthmatic Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution