Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2012)

Canadian Thoracic Society 2012 Guideline Update: Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Preschoolers, Children and Adults

  • M Diane Lougheed,
  • Catherine Lemiere,
  • Francine M Ducharme,
  • Chris Licskai,
  • Sharon D Dell,
  • Brian H Rowe,
  • Mark FitzGerald,
  • Richard Leigh,
  • Wade Watson,
  • Louis-Philippe Boulet,
  • Canadian Thoracic Society Asthma Clinical Assembly

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/635624
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 2
pp. 127 – 164

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: In 2010, the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) published a Consensus Summary for the diagnosis and management of asthma in children six years of age and older, and adults, including an updated Asthma Management Continuum. The CTS Asthma Clinical Assembly subsequently began a formal clinical practice guideline update process, focusing, in this first iteration, on topics of controversy and/or gaps in the previous guidelines.