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This issue of the Journal includes reports of two major clinical trials of different treatment strategies that may affect future clinical decisions made by physicians and patients: • Randomized Comparison of Strategies for Reducing Treatment in Mild Persistent Asthma • Rescue Use of Beclomethasone and Albuterol in a Single Inhaler for Mild Asthma This interactive feature allows readers to decide on the diagnosis or management of a clinical case. A case vignette is followed by specific clinical options.

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You are consulted by a 30-year-old white woman, who holds an administrative position in an office and has a lifelong history of asthma, about the treatment of her condition. In childhood, the patient visited her local hospital for treatment of acute asthma, but she was never admitted overnight and was discharged from the emergency department after a few "breathing treatments." Her asthma became quiescent in her late teens and remained so until 5 years ago, when after the birth of her first child, she began to note shortness of breath when recovering from exercise. At that time, she was awakened . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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