About this episode

The episode discusses the management of acute asthma exacerbations in urgent care settings, featuring insights from three medical experts.

In this episode, Tracey Davidoff, MD, Joe Toscano, MD, and Christopher Chao, MD, discuss the June 2026 Evidence-Based Urgent Care article, Management of Acute Asthma Exacerbations in Urgent Care: An Update. 0:27 Podcast introduction 1:26 Housekeeping & promotions 2:06 Topic introduction 2:54 GINA guidelines & ICS rescue 9:43 Epinephrine — IM & inhaled 12:15 Managing severe exacerbations 17:14 Pregnant patients 30:01 Pediatric considerations 30:40 Exercise-induced bronchospasm vs. exercise-triggered asthma 33:07 Dangers of oral corticosteroids 35:37 Outro & next month's topic Subscribers, take the CME here . Not a subscriber? Join here !

People in this episode

Guests: Tracey Davidoff, MD, Joe Toscano, MD, Christopher Chao, MD

Topics covered

• asthma management
• urgent care
• acute exacerbations
• pediatric considerations
• pregnant patients
• exercise-induced bronchospasm

Keywords

• asthma
• urgent care
• exacerbations
• GINA guidelines
• pediatrics
• pregnancy
• corticosteroids

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GINA

Books & works: Management of Acute Asthma Exacerbations in Urgent Care: An Update

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