1. A clinical diagnosis of asthma should be suspected in patients with intermittent symptoms of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and breathlessness.
2. Objective measurements of lung function, preferably using spirometry, are needed to confirm the diagnosis.
3. A rapid-acting bronchodilator's use should be prescribed to provide relief of acute symptoms for all asthma patients.
4. ICS therapy is the standard of care for most patients with asthma.
5. Those adult patients who fail to achieve control with low-to-moderate ICS doses are recommended to use combination ICS/LABA inhalers.