This summary of NAEPP's guidelines is designed to assist the clinician in the diagnosis and management of asthma and is not intended to replace the clinician's judgment or establish a protocol for all patients with a particular condition.

Your asthma symptoms occur every day and often at night, limiting your activity. You've had a life-threatening asthma attack. Your goals for asthma treatment haven't been met after three to six months, or your doctor believes that you aren't responding to current treatment. Your symptoms are unusual or hard to diagnose. In the United States, treatment guidelines for asthma come from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 1 The title of the guidelines is "Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma." The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) wrote these guidelines in 2007. In 2014, the Australian National Asthma Council released updated guidelines for asthma management (www.asthmahandbook.org.au), including a section on pregnancy. These guidelines recommend managing asthma actively during pregnancy, as for asthma in other adults, including prescribing preventers if indicated, and stepping up the regimen as August 30, 2007 — The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) has issued comprehensive updates to their clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. The Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma — Full Report, 2007, has been posted online by the National Heart 2016 - 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, a Division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Page 1 of 14 Asthma Endorsed Guideline This guideline is based on the recommendations from the NAEPP EPR?3 and is intended to assist the clinician in the diagnosis and management of asthma and sh