• Adapt discharge of SMART for MedStar Hospital EDs.
• Assess the literature on SMART and GINA guidelines.
• Discuss discharge criteria and what outpatient pulmonary provides for these patients.
• Identify a framework approach to treatment of mild to severe asthma exacerbations in the emergency department.
• Review diagnosis criteria and alternative criteria of asthma in outpatient and ED settings as FVC response, biomarkers (e.g. eosinophilia), and clinical symptoms.
• Review the pathophysiology of asthma, how it differs from COPD, and the epidemiology in the Maryland and DC population.

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