I. Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)
The 2007 guidelines are not much changed from 2006.
The major change was from the 2005 → 2006 guidelines, which emphasize assessing, treating, and monitoring patients based on level of asthma control rather than asthma severity (www.ginasthma.org).
GINA control classification (reprinted with permission)

GINA asthma management algorithm (reprinted with permission)

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