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Management of Acute Asthma in Adults and Children

• Published: September 1999
• Reviewed: 2008
• Topic: Acute asthma
• Scope: Emergency management
• Abstract: This guideline contains recommendations for the assessment and treatment of asthma in adults and children having an acute episode. The document details medications for management and discharge planning
• Target Population: Any patient with an acute episode of asthma
• Exclusions: None specified
• Working Group Membership: Emergency and family physicians, pulmonary specialists, radiologists, nurses, imaging technologists, public health specialists, members of the public