PPP129 - Asthma Update with Dr Emma Gray

Kristin chats to Dr Emma Gray, consultant respiratory physician and visiting medical officer at Royal Prince Alfred. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney.

There have been some big changes in asthma management in recent years, and Emma talks us through the key points.

Further reading and resources:

Asthma Australia: https://asthma.org.au/health-professionals/

National Asthma Council Australia: https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/health-professionals

Reddel HK. Updated Australian guidelines for mild asthma: what’s changed and why?. Aust Prescr 2020;43:220-4.https://doi.org/10.18773/ausptrescr.2020.076 https://australianprescriber.tg.org.au/articles/updated-australian-guidelines-for-mild-asthma-whats-changed-and-why.html

This education has been approved as a Lung Learning Peer Reviewed

Activity. It can be viewed at https://www.lunglearninghub.com.au

Note that guidelines and recommendations continue to change over time, this podcast was recorded in March 2022. Please consider the relevance and recency of information provided.