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I also strongly recommend the following guidelines: the Global Initiative for Asthma, the NHLBI Executive Summary: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, and the Executive Summary: Management of Asthma during Pregnancy (full citation in References section). They may be ordered by calling (301) 251-1222 in the U.S. and asking for publication numbers 95-3659, 94-3042A, and 93-3279A, respectively. When I ordered them, and asked that they be sent to a US address, there was no charge.
Another set of guidelines which has been recommended to me but which I haven't seen myself yet is "NAEPP. Nurses: Partners in Asthma Care", publication number 95-3308, which I assume is also available at the number given above.
The newsgroup misc.kids also has an Allergy and Asthma FAQ, which is available either by following the instructions posted on misc.kids.info, or by accessing the World Wide Web, <URL: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~kupstas/FAQ.html>.
In addition, I maintain an Asthma and Allergy WWW Resources Page, <URL: http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~wrean/resources.html>, and two FAQs on allergies. For information on how to access these allergy FAQs, please see section 3.1.
alt.support.asthma FAQ: Asthma -- General Informationare posted once a month, on or about the 17th, to the following newsgroups: alt.support.asthma, alt.med.allergy, sci.med, alt.answers, sci.answers, news.answers.
alt.support.asthma FAQ: Asthma Medications
If these FAQs have already expired at your site, you can get them by sending mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu, with a blank subject line, and with one or more of the following commands in the message:
send usenet/news.answers/medicine/asthma/general-info
send usenet/news.answers/medicine/asthma/medications
Alternatively, if you're really in a hurry, you can get them via anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu, with the path names:
/pub/usenet/news.answers/medicine/asthma/general-info
/pub/usenet/news.answers/medicine/asthma/medications
The general information FAQ is also available in html format on the World Wide Web, at <URL: http://www.radix.net/~mwg/asthma-gen.html> a plaintext version of the entire FAQ is available at http://www.radix.net/~mwg/asthma-gen.txt>.
Of the two allergy FAQs I maintain,
alt.support.asthma FAQ: Allergies -- General Informationthe first is still under construction. The second is posted monthly to the newsgroups alt.support.asthma, alt.med.allergy, and sci.med.
alt.support.asthma FAQ: Allergy Medications
If the allergy medication FAQ has already expired at your site, you can get it it by sending mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu, with a blank subject line, and with the following command in the message:
send usenet/news.answers/medicine/allergy/medications
Alternatively, if you're really in a hurry, you can get it via anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu, with the path names:
/pub/usenet/news.answers/medicine/allergy/medications
A newsgroup is a world-wide electronic forum of discussion which generally takes place over the Internet, each newsgroup having its own topic of discussion. For more information about FAQs and newsgroups in general, I recommend any of the periodical postings in the newsgroup news.announce.newusers, particularly "FAQs about FAQs" and "What is Usenet?" These last two may also be accessed by sending mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with a blank subject line, and with one or both of the following commands in the message:
Alternatively, if you're really in a hurry, you can get them via anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu, with the path names:send usenet/news.answers/faqs/about-faqs
send usenet/news.answers/usenet/what-is/part1
/pub/usenet/news.answers/faqs/about-faqs
/pub/usenet/news.answers/usenet/what-is/part1
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The original Asthma Resources page that Pat maintained is temporarily unavailable. In the meantime, I'm compiling a list of a few sites whose URLs I have handy. As with any website, these are not intended to substitute for competent medical advice, nor do I vouch for the currency or accuracy of information on these sites.
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