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Specialist Consultation for Physicians: Asthma Patients

The following are criteria that are helpful when determining if your patient may benefit from a consultation with an allergist or pulmonologist:

  • The patient has had a life-threatening exacerbation.
  • The goals of asthma therapy are not being achieved.
  • The diagnosis of asthma is suspect in the presence of atypical signs or symptoms.
  • The patient requires daily systemic steroid therapy or high dose inhaled steroids or has required more than two steroid bursts in a 12-month period.
  • The patient has severe persistent asthma, requiring step 4 care.

Note: This information is provided to you as an educational service of National Jewish Health. It is not meant to be a substitute for consulting with your own physician.

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