Asthma, definition, etiology of asthma, pathogenesis of asthma, signs and symptoms, pharmacotherapy of asthma, triggering factors, pathophysiology clinical presentations of asthma, management of acute severe asthma, role of inhaled beta agonists in management of asthma, ADR of theophylline, dosing schedule of theophylline, why is it important to ask patients if they smoke before starting them on theophyline?, aim of prophylactic treatment of asthma and its importance, early phase reaction in asthma, late phase reaction in asthma, non-pharmacological treatment for asthma, ADRs of corticosteroids, diagnosis of asthma, treatment goals, theophylline toxicity, management of asthma along with its treatment algorithms