- what is asthma?
- incidence and prevalence
- why is prevalence rising?
- aetiology and pathophysiology
- clinical presentation - signs/symptoms/diagnosis
- overview of drugs used in asthma
- monitoring - usage/response/compliance
- drug delivery systems
- prophylaxis - steroids and others
- treatment - long and short acting beta agonists/anticholinergics
- clinical studies on new drugs
- new approaches - anti-leukotriene, anti-PAF, other mediators/cytokines, genetic/immunological
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