Summary: Dr Steven Rudolphy discusses straight forward ways for the busy GP to improve asthma management with Dr Jenni Parsons. Although asthma mortality rates in Australia have declined, our 'report card' in asthma management still has basic areas that need improvement, such as medication use and smoking cessation. He also talks about tricky areas - making sure of the diagnosis, differentiating asthma from COPD and wheezing in infants. The National Asthma Council's Asthma Managment Handbook is an excellent GP resource
