Tuesday, 6 December 2011: 15:35 - 15:50
Coral Garden 1 (Fiesta Americana)
Homer Boushey, MD
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Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Learning Objectives:
1. to be able to describe the rationale for comparing three step-up strategies for treatment of asthma inadequately controlled by moderate-dose Inhaled Corticosteroid treatment alone.
1. to be able to describe the rationale for comparing three step-up strategies for treatment of asthma inadequately controlled by moderate-dose Inhaled Corticosteroid treatment alone.
2. To describe the main findings of a study comparing step-up in treatment with: 1. higher dose ICS' 2. addition of a long-acting beta agonist; and 3. addition of a long-acting anti-muscarinic agent.