Advancing asthma care: the glass is only half full!
SJ Szefler - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2011 - Elsevier
Over the past 20 years, there has been a concerted effort in the United States to reduce
morbidity related to chronic disease, including asthma. Attention was initially directed toward
asthma in response to the recognition that asthma mortality was increasing and that the
burden of disease was significant. These efforts to address asthma mortality led to many
new initiatives to develop clinical practice guidelines, implement the asthma guidelines into
clinical practice, conduct research to fill the gaps in the guidelines, and continuously revise …
morbidity related to chronic disease, including asthma. Attention was initially directed toward
asthma in response to the recognition that asthma mortality was increasing and that the
burden of disease was significant. These efforts to address asthma mortality led to many
new initiatives to develop clinical practice guidelines, implement the asthma guidelines into
clinical practice, conduct research to fill the gaps in the guidelines, and continuously revise …
