Mohammed Almarri
Hamad General Hospital, Qatar
Title: Asthma management guideline in adult for primary care physicians
Biography
Biography: Mohammed Almarri
Abstract
This is the first Qatari guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma, developed primarily to standardize the care for asthmatic at the primary and secondary care to match the best practice worldwide, as recent data showed poor management of the asthma especially in the primary care. The main objective of the guidelines, is to deliver the vast knowledge of recent pathophysiology of asthma and different guidelines from all over the world into simple practical guidelines to understand and easy to use by non-asthma specialists, including primary care and general practice physicians. The guidelines covered both the adults and children in diagnosis and management of chronic asthma and acute exacerbation of asthma based on the available evidence, local literature, and the current situation in Qatar and Gulf Council Countries (GCC). There was an emphasis on asthma phenotypes and disease control in approaching the management of asthma as it is the ultimate goal of treatment.