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Questions about Asthma
Review His Past Medical History
Review His Current Medications
Review His Social History
Take a Family History
Do a Physical Exam
Order Laboratory Exams
Make a Diagnosis and Prescribe Medications to Treat This Patient!

Go over the NAEP guidelines on asthma diagnosis and treatment
Review Asthma Medications
Review Spirometry and Sample Cases
Links to Other Asthma Pages

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"You've gotten a lot of important information in the history of present illness. Can you tell me what the three most important factors are in staging a patient's asthma severity according to the national asthma education program guidelines?"




Choose three of the choices below:

----- Frequency of asthma symptoms
----- Age
----- Frequency of nocturnal symptoms
----- Duration of disease
----- Presence of allergies
----- Spirometry results
----- Comorbid conditions