Table of Contents:
  • Pathogenesis of asthma
  • General approach to the evaluation and management of an adult with asthma
  • Differential diagnosis of asthma
  • Management of acute asthma in the office setting
  • Environmental controls in the management of asthma
  • Pharmacotherapy of asthma
  • Immunotherapy in the management of asthma
  • Exercise-induced asthma
  • Interrelationships between the upper and lower airways
  • Asthma during pregnancy
  • Asthma in the elderly
  • Occupational asthma
  • Drug-induced asthma
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease and asthma