Interpretation of adolescent asthma management in the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2022 Update / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease in children, and its prevalence has shown an obvious upward trend in recent years.Adolescence is a critical stage when adolescents undergo rapid psychological and physical developmental changes.The management of asthma in adolescents is different from that in childhood and adulthood.Further attention should be paid to the diagnosis and management of asthma in adolescents.The Global Initiative for Asthma 2022 (GINA 2022) had updated the content of evaluation and treatment of severe asthma in adolescents.In this article, the contents related to the diagnosis, assessment, initial treatment and adjustment, severe asthma management and self-management of adolescent asthma in GINA 2022 were interpreted, in order to provide reference for the diagnosis and treatment of adolescent asthma and improve the management of asthma in adolescents.