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. 2024 Sep-Oct;121(5):364-367.

Update on Asthma Management Guidelines

Sarah Dubin  1 , Pooja Patak  2 , Diana Jung  2
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Update on Asthma Management Guidelines

Sarah Dubin et al. Mo Med. 2024 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) was established in 1993 and publishes a yearly global strategy to improve asthma awareness, prevention and management of asthma worldwide, based on a review of the most updated evidence. The current 2024 GINA update advises that all adults and adolescents with asthma receive inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)- containing medication and should not be treated with short acting beta agonist (SABA) alone. The 2024 GINA strategy divides treatment into two 'Tracks": Track 1 (preferred Track), the reliever is as-needed combination low dose ICS-formoterol; Track 2 uses SABA as the reliever along with a separate ICS inhaler. The updates also stress the importance that individuals with asthma should have a written asthma action plan, and asthma management should be tailored to the individual to help reduce the occurrence of serious exacerbations, fatalities, and hospitalizations.

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Disclosure: No financial disclosures reported. Artificial intelligence was not used in the study, research, preparation, or writing of this manuscript.

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Asthma Control Test
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Steps in GINA Guidelines
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Asthma Action Plan
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