. 2009 May 15:463–481. doi: 10.1016/B978-032303004-5.50079-X

Table 75-11A.

Stepwise Approach for Managing Infants and Young Children (5 Years and Younger) with Acute or Chronic Asthma

DPI, dry powder inhaler.

Adapted from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Asthma Education and Prevention Program: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma: Update on Selected Topics (NIH Publication No. 02-5075). Bethesda, MD, US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 2002. Available at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/execsumm.pdf.