2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines: At-a-Glance Guide

Date Added: 
April 12, 2023
Journal/Publication: 
NIH Publication No. 20-HL-8142
Publisher: 
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication Date: 
December 1, 2020
Type: 
Meta-analyses, Reviews, and Guidelines
Format: 
Article

RPR Commentary

A concise summary of the 2020 NIH Guidelines for management of asthma. James W. Mold, MD, MPH

Abstract

This At-A-Glance Guide describes a treatment management approach based on recommendations from the 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines: A Report from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee Expert Panel Working Group. Step diagrams from the 2007 Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3) were updated with the new recommendations. The diagrams are intended to help clinicians integrate the new recommendations into clinical care, and are meant to assist, and not replace, clinical judgment or decision-making for individual patient
management, with input from individuals with asthma about their preferences

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