About the recommendation of the GINA strategy report on asthma step 1

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“GINA 2019: a fundamental change in asthma management.” This is how Reddel et al. [1] headline their editorial on the report in question. Reddel et al. [1] express a fundamental concept: “GINA no longer recommends treatment of asthma in adolescents and adults with SABA alone. Instead, to reduce their risk of serious exacerbations, all adults and adolescents with asthma should receive either symptom-driven (in mild asthma) or daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)-containing treatment.” We have some doubts about the full suitability of this change.