A comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of asthma. This e-book designed for the iSilo document reader contains more than 170 pages of information woven together with hyperlinks to make finding the information you need fast and easy. Includes a step-by-step diagnostic algorithm, differential diagnosis, normal peak flow readings, classification of severity, and recommendations for treatment of chronic asthma and asthma exacerbations.

Includes information from the 1997 NAEPP Asthma Guidelines and an up-to-date survey of the asthma literature from 1998 through April 2001 with detailed references.