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VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guidelines

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The Primary Care Management of Asthma (2025)

Image of the cover of the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline Management of Asthma in Children and AdultsThe guideline describes the critical decision points in the Management of Asthma and provides clear and comprehensive evidence based recommendations incorporating current information and practices for practitioners throughout the DOD and VA Health Care systems. The guideline is intended to improve patient outcomes and local management of patients with Asthma.

Disclaimer: This Clinical Practice Guideline is intended for use only as a tool to assist a clinician/healthcare professional and should not be used to replace clinical judgment.

About the CPG

The Guideline is formatted as two clinical algorithms and 21 evidence-based recommendations.

Module A - Assessment and Diagnosis of Asthma
Module B - Initiation of Therapy

Questions about the Asthma Guideline

Guideline Links
Asthma Full Guideline (2025)
Asthma Provider Summary (2025)
Patient Provider Tools
Asthma Patient Summary (2025)
Related Guidelines
Webinars
Introduction to VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Primary Care Management of Asthma
Program Description:This recorded, knowledge-based webinar will assist interprofessional health care teams to better understand how the guideline for the primary care management of asthma was developed, how to use it and which interventions can provide the most benefit to their patients.
Location: VHA TRAIN
Access Link: click here. VA employees should sign into TMS to receive 1 Credit Hour - Course ID# 131019881
Audience: Certified counselors, health care executives, nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, physicians, psychologists and social workers
Modality: On-demand video
Credit/hours: 1
Accreditations: AAPA, ACCME, ACCME-NP, ACPE, ANCC, APA, ASWB, JA IPCE, NBCC, NYSED-P, NYSED-SW
Questions?: If you require assistance, please contact the VHA TRAIN Helpdesk by email at vhatrain@va.gov.

Retired CPG's can be found on our archive page

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