GINA 2021 – breakthrough or continuation? Review article
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Abstract
Global Initiative for Asthma is an organization which activities are based on raising awareness of asthma among medical personnel, patients and the public, about its causes, course, treatment and impact of functioning. Its recommendations are based on scientific research, their successive update gave rise to the issue of new guidelines in 2019, which will be presented in the article. It is a continuation of the biggest changes in 30 years that occurred in 2019. The most important being the change in the therapeutic approach in stage first and second of disease. The main change is to limit the use of fast – acting β2-mimetics in monotherapy and to take combination medicines – inhalation glucocorticosteroids with bronchodilators (long-acting β2-agonists, short-acting β2-agonists).
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