Ten asthma pearls every primary care physician should know

Authors
Citation
Wg. Kuschner, Ten asthma pearls every primary care physician should know, POSTGR MED, 106(3), 1999, pp. 99-104
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
ISSN journal
00325481 → ACNP
Volume
106
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
99 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5481(199909)106:3<99:TAPEPC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Asthma affects millions of Americans and accounts for a myriad of office vi sits annually. Knowledge about the pathophysiology of asthma has increased in the last decade, yet the diagnosis still is sometimes missed or delayed. Dr Kuschner reviews practical and clinically relevant pearls for primary c are physicians who treat patients with known or suspected asthma.