PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Yael Mauer AU - Rachel Metzger Taliercio TI - Managing adult asthma: The 2019 GINA guidelines AID - 10.3949/ccjm.87a.19136 DP - 2020 Sep 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 569--575 VI - 87 IP - 9 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/9/569.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/9/569.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2020 Sep 01; 87 AB - Asthma is highly prevalent and sometimes deadly, especially in certain groups. The 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines recommend that all asthma patients be treated with inhaled corticosteroids taken daily or as needed; this improves symptoms and outcomes, even in those with mild disease. Further, asthma management requires a stepwise approach, escalating and de-escalating treatment based on symptom control.