Keenan J M
Department of Family Practice and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School-Minneapolis 55455 USA.
Postgrad Med. 1998 Mar;103(3):53-9, 62-5, 69. doi: 10.3810/pgm.1998.03.416.
Asthma is a common and eminently treatable disease. Most asthma patients are initially seen by primary care physicians, who are likely to have a significant part in management. Research has provided physicians with a better understanding of the pathophysiologic basis of asthma and new antiasthma agents. Guidelines have been published to disseminate asthma management information. On the basis of these advances, there appears to be no reason that informed physicians cannot play an important role in reversing recent trends of rising asthma morbidity and mortality.
哮喘是一种常见且完全可治疗的疾病。大多数哮喘患者最初由初级保健医生诊治，这些医生很可能在治疗中发挥重要作用。研究使医生对哮喘的病理生理基础和新型抗哮喘药物有了更好的了解。已经发布了指南以传播哮喘治疗信息。基于这些进展，似乎没有理由认为消息灵通的医生不能在扭转近期哮喘发病率和死亡率上升的趋势方面发挥重要作用。
