Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

Asthma exacerbation

Prevalence
Clinical features
Differential Diagnosis
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis

Prevention

Provide information on asthma for high-risk patients. ^a

Why?

Limited asthma education (information only) programmes reduce emergency department visits in high-risk adults (on average 2 fewer a year) ^a

Expiry date: November 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors	B Wong , CM Ball
Reviewer	B R O'Driscoll
CAT Writers	B Wong , CM Ball