[Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma - Addendum 2020 - Guideline of the German Respiratory Society and the German Atemwegsliga in Cooperation with the Paediatric Respiratory Society and the Austrian Society of Pneumology].
Roland Buhl, Robert Bals, Xaver Baur, Dietrich Berdel, C.-P. Criée, Monika Gappa, Adrian Gillissen, Timm Greulich, Peter Haidl, E Hamelmann, F Horak, P Kardos, Klaus Kenn, L. Klimek, Stephanie Korn, H Magnussen, Dennis Nowak, Oliver Pfaar, Klaus F. Rabe, Josef Riedler, Thomas Ritz, K Schultz, A. Schuster, Thomas Spindler, Christian Taube, C Vogelmeier, Andreas von Leupoldt, Felix Wantke, Johannes H. Wildhaber, H Worth, Angela Zacharasiewicz, Marek Lommatzsch
Abstract
The present addendum of the guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma (2017) complements new insights into the diagnosis and management of asthma as well as for the newly approved drugs for the treatment of asthma. Current, evidence-based recommendations on diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are presented for children and adolescents as well as for adults with asthma.