Enhancing Asthma Care: Incorporating Single-Inhaler MART into the Stepwise Approach

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Target Audience: Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners
Type of Activity: Knowledge-based
Release and Most Recent Review Date: October 14, 2024
Expiration Date: September 6, 2025
Number of Credit Hours: 1.0 hour CME (1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit)
Fee: Free

Purpose: To increase the healthcare provider’s knowledge of the clinical burden of asthma, current guideline recommendations for asthma management, and the rationale for single-inhaler maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART/MART), enabling them to effectively assess patients, integrate MART into personalized treatment plans, and improve overall asthma management and patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

  • Review the clinical burden of asthma on individuals and healthcare systems
  • Describe the rationale for single-inhaler maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) in asthma treatment
  • Summarize the stepwise approach to asthma management, with emphasis on the integration of single-inhaler MART
  • Develop treatment plans for patients with asthma that include single-inhaler MART

Speaker(s):
Kathy Sarna, PharmD, BCPS—Author
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Pharmacist, Drug Information
University of Illinois Chicago Retzky College of Pharmacy

Robert Rosman, MD—Reviewer
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

Disclosure(s): Drs. Sarna and Rosman, the planning committee members, and reviewers who contributed to this activity have no relevant financial conflicts of interest to disclose.

 

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