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SINA GUIDELINES:
Mohamed S Al-Moamary1, Mohamed S Al-Hajjaj2, Majdy M Idrees3, Mohamed O Zeitouni4, Mohammed O Alanezi1, Hamdan H Al-Jahdali1, Maha Al Dabbagh5
1 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, Medical College, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3 Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4 Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
5 Pulmonary Section, Department of Pediatrics, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Asthma is a common chronic disorder of the airways, characterized by variable reversible and recurring symptoms related to airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and an underlying inflammation. It is one of the most common chronic diseases in Saudi Arabia, affecting more than 2 million Saudis. [1] Its impact is manifested in patients, their families, and the community as a whole in terms of lost work and school days, poor quality of life, frequent emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and death cases. [2] Therefore, international guidelines have been developed to help the physicians to manage asthma in a better way and deal with different presentations and situations using the best available evidence. [3]
The Saudi Thoracic Society (STS) is committed to a long-term enhancement plan for the best practice in the asthma field by creating asthma guidelines, periodic scientific meetings, frequent asthma courses, and educational brochures. With massive influx of knowledge in the literature, the STS has taken the lead to create the Saudi Initiative for Asthma (SINA) group with the objective to have easy guidelines to follow, yet simple to understand updated and carefully prepared for use by the nonasthma specialists including primary care and general practice physicians. [4] The SINA panel is a group of local experts with respectable academic backgrounds and long-standing experience in the field.
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