As an asthma specialist, one is often asked to discuss the asthma guidelines. The challenge that one faces is deciding which guidelines to use as a resource for discussion or presentation. It often comes down to the following questions: What is the question? What message does one want to deliver? Where is the most current information? and Who is the target audience? This commentary will help answer those questions as it guides the reader through the new update of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines and then outlines differences between 2 widely used strategies for the management of asthma: the Global Initiative for Asthma and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.

作为哮喘专家，经常有人要求讨论哮喘指南。一个人面临的挑战是决定将哪些指南用作讨论或演示的资源。通常可以归结为以下问题：什么是问题？一个人想传达什么信息？最新信息在哪里？谁是目标受众？这篇评论将帮助回答这些问题，因为它可以指导读者完成国家心，肺和血液研究所/国家哮喘教育和预防计划指南的最新更新，然后概述两种广泛使用的哮喘管理策略之间的差异：哮喘倡议和国家心，肺和血液研究所/《国家哮喘诊断和管理哮喘教育和预防计划指南》。