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Asthma clinical resources

Use these tools to improve quality of care and educate your patients.

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Asthma resources
Clinical practice guidelines
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Management of asthma in youth 12 years and older and adults (175KB PDF)
Applies to patients older than 12 years with persistent asthma. Includes recommendations for assessing asthma severity, controlling asthma and step-by-step management.
Updated 11/2010
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Management of asthma in children 5 to 11 years (176KB PDF)
Applies to patients between ages 5 and 11 years with persistent asthma. Includes recommendations for assessing asthma severity, controlling asthma and step-by-step management.
Updated 11/2010
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Management of asthma in children 0 to 4 years (183KB PDF)
Applies patients older than 5 years with persistent asthma. Includes recommendations for assessing asthma severity, controlling asthma and step-by-step management.
Updated 12/2010
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General principles for the diagnosis and management of asthma (204KB PDF)
Recommendations for diagnosing & managing asthma in patients of all ages.
Updated 11/2010
Practice management
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Asthma action plan for children (126KB PDF)
Help your pediatric patients and their parents manage their asthma by creating a written plan with this template. Adapted from the Pediatric Asthma Coalition of New Jersey's version.
pdf
Asthma action plan for adults (119KB PDF)
Help your adult patients manage their asthma by creating a written plan with this template.
From the National Institutes of Health Asthma Action/Management Plan.
Web page
Best practice: improve equipment use for patients with asthma
Learn how Forest Hills Pediatrics provides easy and convenient access to asthma equipment.
Patient education
pdf
Is your asthma under control? (42KB PDF)
Use this tool to engage patients coming into the office for asthma treatment by having them fill it out before their office visit. Follow up with education on asthma medication use and technique to improve patient compliance and control.
Updated 03/2008

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Use the Michigan Asthma Resource Kit assessment form to monitor your asthma patients' care.



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