Asthma Management Guidelines 2020 Focused Update: What’s In It For You?
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* The National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute coordinated this update
* Recommendations were published on December 1, 2020.
* It Focuses on six areas:
….Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Testing
….Indoor Allergen Mitigation
….Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids
….Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Allergic Asthma
….Bronchial Thermoplasty
* Only four of these six areas have immediate implications for asthma disease management in primary care.
* I’ll review the recommendations briefly here.
Major Points:
- These guidelines are not as wide-ranging as those developed and released in 2007.
- The new recommendations are based on reviews of the scientific literature and the use of the GRADE methodology for assigning a level of certainty (Low, Moderate, or High) for each recommendation.
- Of the six areas, only numbers 2, 3, 5, & 6 have practical implications for primary asthma care.
- The full guidelines: 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines:…
- I have put together a quick-read summary of the recommendations. I have only included recommendations that have moderate or high certainty of benefit for patients.
Indoor Allergens: Pillow covers and mattress bags to seal in allergens are recommended if you have symptoms. (Moderate Certainty)
Allergy Shots: SCIT (Subcutaneous Immunotherapy) is recommended for adults and children (>5 yr) with mild to moderate allergic asthma as long as they have lab or skin testing data to support the allergy. (Moderate Certainty).
Wheezing in Kids: Children from ages 0-4 yr with recurrent wheezing (3 x /year), triggered by colds and URI’s should have a short course (7-10 days) of inhaled corticosteroid at the onset of a new wheezing episode. (High Certainty).
In ages 4+ with moderate to severe-persistent asthma, a combination inhaler containing formoterol and steroid can be used as both a daily controller and as a rescue medicine. (Moderate to High Certainty).
In ages 12 + with mild persistent asthma, inhaled corticosteroids should be used daily, either along with rescue albuterol or in a combination inhaler that includes albuterol. (Moderate Certainty).
In age 12 + yr with uncontrolled, persistent asthma, Long Acting Muscarinic Antagonist (LAMA) medicine can be added to Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) for better control. (Moderate Certainty).
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