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Contents Asthma in adults 1 Definition and pathology 1 2 Prevalence 5 3 Diagnostic testing and monitoring 8 4 Clinical course 14 5 Precipitating factors 18 6 General management of acute asthma 25 7 Treatment of acute asthma 28 8 General treatment of chronic asthma 33 9 Treatment of chronic asthma 36 10 Methods of delivering drugs 43 Asthma in children 11 Definition, prevalence, and prevention 46 12 Patterns of illness and diagnosis 51 13 Treatment 55 14 Drug treatment 56 15 Acute severe asthma 61 Appendix¿Asthma diary and action plan 63 Index 65
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Asthma.
Asthma.