Book (Practical) Medicine Asthma Practice Guideline 2023

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The Japanese Society for Asthma and Bronchial Asthma provides an easy-to-understand explanation of diagnoses, tests, and treatments to facilitate the diagnosis of asthma in general practice. It is said that primary care physicians provide medical care for approximately 80% of all patients with asthma. Therefore, the Guidelines consist of simple checklists and flowcharts from the perspectives of "Precision medicine" and "Treatable trait approach," with a focus on diagnosis through careful interviews to overcome the difficult diagnosis of asthma.
[Points for revision]
In the interview section, "Checklist of symptoms and irritation suggesting bronchial hyperresponsiveness" was added as a table.
In the interview section, "Checklist of symptoms and irritation suggesting bronchial hyperresponsiveness" was added as a table.
In the chronic cough section, "Differential diagnosis of chronic cough for which the cause cannot be easily identified in primary care" was revised to make it more useful in differentiating cough in general practice.
In the Prevention of Severe Symptoms, "(bacteria / virus)" was added to the precipitating factor "respiratory tract infection" in the checklist.
In the Prevention of Severe Symptoms, "(bacteria / virus)" was added. Check items at the interview and preventive measures were revised.
As a treatment goal for patients with asthma, "Clinical Remission" was added.
In biological preparations, an explanation of anti-TSLP antibody preparations was added.
The community medicine clinical pathway section was added.