Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2004)
Adult Asthma Consensus Guidelines Update 2003
- Catherine Lemière,
- Tony Bai,
- Meyer Balter,
- Charles Bayliff,
- Allan Becker,
- Louis-Philippe Boulet,
- Dennis Bowie,
- André Cartier,
- Andrew Cave,
- Kenneth Chapman,
- Robert Cowie,
- Stephen Coyle,
- Donald Cockcroft,
- Francine M Ducharme,
- Pierre Ernst,
- Shelagh Finlayson,
- J Mark FitzGerald,
- Frederick E Hargreave,
- Donna Hogg,
- Alan Kaplan,
- Harold Kim,
- Cheryle Kelm,
- Paul O’Byrne,
- Malcolm Sears,
- Andrea White Markham,
- on behalf of the Canadian Adult Consensus Group of the Canadian Thoracic Society
Affiliations
- Catherine Lemière
- Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Tony Bai
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Meyer Balter
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Charles Bayliff
- London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
- Allan Becker
- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Louis-Philippe Boulet
- Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
- Dennis Bowie
- Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- André Cartier
- Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Andrew Cave
- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Kenneth Chapman
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Robert Cowie
- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Stephen Coyle
- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Donald Cockcroft
- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Francine M Ducharme
- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Pierre Ernst
- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Shelagh Finlayson
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- J Mark FitzGerald
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Frederick E Hargreave
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Donna Hogg
- Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Alan Kaplan
- Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
- Harold Kim
- Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Cheryle Kelm
- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Paul O’Byrne
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Malcolm Sears
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Andrea White Markham
- William Osler Health Centre, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
- on behalf of the Canadian Adult Consensus Group of the Canadian Thoracic Society
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2004/271362
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. Suppl A
pp. 9A – 18A
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Several sets of Canadian guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma have been published over the past 15 years. Since the last revision of the 1999 Canadian Asthma Consensus Report, important new studies have highlighted the need to incorporate new information into the asthma guidelines.