Acute Medicine | Breathlessness 02 knowledge A

Chronic Asthma
Session Overview
Description
This session will cover the presentation and investigation of chronic asthma in an outpatient setting.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Make a firm diagnosis of asthma through a detailed history, clinical examination and results from baseline investigations

In a general medical clinic, it is very likely that you will come across a number of patients who may have asthma.

This session provides you with the basic knowledge of how to take a history and investigate these patients within this setting.