What are the practical considerations for asthma management in primary care?

Assessment tools are available and can be simple to use: objective assessments (e.g. spirometry) and subjective assessments (e.g. GINA questions, APGAR and ACT validated tools) should be incorporated into routine asthma patient management in primary care. They are important tools to diagnose and assess severity of asthma, and also for the assessment of response to therapy. Asthma patient management is a continuous process with assessment, adjustment of therapy, treating comorbidities, and assessing treatment response.