Patients with difficult to control asthma experience frequent asthma flares, visits to the emergency room, and frequent need for oral steroids. These problems significantly impact their quality of life. The Penn Asthma Program helps patients with asthma improve their symptoms and lead more active lives while avoiding unnecessary hospital stays and visits to the emergency room.
Why Choose the Penn Asthma Center for Asthma Treatment?
Penn Medicine’s asthma team consists of physicians trained in both allergy and pulmonary medicine, who work closely with otolaryngology, interventional pulmonolgy, allergy and immunology, and other specialties to offer patients a multidisciplinary, tailored approach to care. This includes state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures and therapeutics, with access to clinical trials and innovative treatment options. At all times, we strive to reduce disparities in care for underserved groups.
Penn Medicine allergy and pulmonary specialists use a comprehensive approach to diagnosing asthma and its triggers. Some of these include lung function testing, fractional excretion of nitric oxide (FeNO), skin test and specialized blood tests. Once a diagnosis has been made, we offer advanced therapies that target specific types of asthma.
Penn has a long record of performing research on asthma, as well as social determinants and disparities in asthma outcomes.
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