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Review

Asthma [Internet]

Jeffery D Smith  1 , Manuel Arteta  1 , Alan P Baptist  1 , R Van Harrison  1 , Scott A Kelley  1 , Valerie A Lindell  1 , Njira L Lugogo  1 , Jill A Noble  1 , Karl T Rew, R Van Harrison, April L Proudlock
Ann Arbor (MI): Michigan Medicine University of Michigan; 2021 Jul.
Michigan Medicine Clinical Care Guidelines.
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Asthma [Internet]

Jeffery D Smith et al.
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This guideline provides evidence-based guidance to improve quality of life for patients with asthma. Control asthma symptoms at rest and during exercise. Attain normal lung function. Minimize adverse drug reactions. Prevent asthma exacerbations. Attain normal activity levels, including exercise. Prevent unscheduled office visits, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and premature deaths.

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Conflict of interest statement

The multidisciplinary guideline development team consisted of:

  1. Primary care physicians: Jeffery D. Smith, MD, General Internal Medicine, Scott A. Kelley, MD, Family Medicine, Jill A. Noble, MD, General Pediatrics.

  2. Specialists in asthma care: Manuel Arteta, MD, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Alan P. Baptist, MD, MPH, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Valerie A. Lindell, PharmD, BCACP, College of Pharmacy, Njira I. Lugogo, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine.

  3. Guideline development methodologist: R. Van Harrison, PhD, Learning Health Sciences.

  4. Literature search services were provided by informationists at the Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan Medical School.

The University of Michigan Health System endorses the Guidelines of the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education that the individuals who present educational activities disclose significant relationships with commercial companies whose products or services are discussed. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest bias in the information presented, but is made to provide readers with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of the information.

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