This asthma pocket guide addresses adolescents (≥12 years) and adults and is aimed for non-respiratory clinicians:

• to aid identification of symptoms and signs consistent with the diagnosis of asthma and its most common comorbidities

• to provide a shortlist of:

• the major differential diagnoses

• the most important diagnostic tests

• key treatable traits and point-of-care biomarkers

• the most common non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment options

• to offer a practical guide for specialist referral