GINA International guidelines recommendations for asthma and COVID

GINA International guidelines recommendations1:
– Advise patients to continue taking their prescribed asthma medicines, including ICS and biological therapies
– Avoid the use of nebulizers where possible, due to the risk of viral transmission
– COVID vaccination is recommended for people with asthma
– Consider giving biological therapies on a different day from COVID vaccination

Categories: COVID

Author: Agnes

Entry Date: 29/10/2021

Source 1 Name: Reddel HK, et al. Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Strategy 2021 - Executive Summary and Rationale for Key Changes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Oct 18. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202109-2205PP.

Source 1 URL: https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/rccm.202109-2205PP

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