The field of asthma has expanded in the last decade with specific drugs targeting the disease mechanisms. This book is an updated treatise covering diagnoses, phenotypes and endotypes of asthma along with its management. Including diagnostic work-up which is required prior to medical assistance, as well as basic immunology assessment.

Vibeke Backer, MD DMSci, is Professor at the Copenhagen University, and pulmonologist responsible for Global Airways (CRSwNP, Asthma and Allergy) at the Department of ENT, as well a Senior Researcher at the Centre of Physical Activity Research (CFAS), Rigshopitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. She has published 400 articles and has an H-index of 50.

Peter G. Gibson, MBBS, DMed, FRACP, FAAHMS F Thor Soc, FERS, FAPSR, is Professor at John Hunter Newcastle, the Sydney University, NSW, Australia. He works as a doctor who cares for people with respiratory diseases and as a clinical scientist investigating the mechanisms and treatment of asthma, COPD, cough, and other airway disorders. He has published more than 700 articles, and has an H-index of 96.

Ian D. Pavord, MA, DM, FRCP, FERS FMedSci, is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Physician at the Oxford University Hospitals. He is a member of congregation at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of St Edmund Hall.

1. Introduction
2. Pulmonary - Treatable traits
3. Extrapulmonary - Treatable traits
4. Risk factors - Treatable traits
5. Diagnostic tests in respiratory medicine
6. Key Cases - Treatable traits
7. Evaluation of the asthmas
8. Organising an asthma clinic
9. The future of the asthmas
10. Conclusion