Key Points • Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (with or without baseline asthma) may be as high as 20% of the population of casual exercisers, and much higher in specific risk…
Key Points • Problematic, severe asthma comprises wrong diagnosis (‘not asthma at all’), asthma with co-morbidities (‘asthma plus’), difficult asthma and true severe, therapy-resistant asthma. These patients should undergo a…
Key Points • Racial and ethnic minorities and children with low socioeconomic status living in urban communities have a disproportionate burden of asthma morbidity, mortality and healthcare use. • Successful…
Key Points • Guideline development is increasingly driven by published data (i.e. evidence based). • Guidelines increasingly focus on asthma control rather than severity. • Asthma control defines current ‘impairment’…
Key Points • High rates of school absenteeism affect a child’s ability to learn. Every school day in the USA 36,000 children and youth miss school because of asthma. •…
Key Points • Asthma pathology has defining physiologic correlates, including airflow limitation, heightened airway responsiveness to stimuli and improved airflow in response to bronchodilators. • Spirometry is the most common…
Key Points • Asthma is a complex syndrome that includes many disease phenotypes and endotypes. • Allergic asthma and Type 2 asthma represent the most common phenotype with lung eosinophilia….
Key Points • Wheezing viral respiratory illnesses are the most common initial presentation of childhood asthma. • Once asthma is established, viral infections, most notably rhinovirus (RV), are the most…
Key Points • Cough is an important defense mechanism. • Cough is a common manifestation of disease in childhood. • Cough may be classified as acute (lasting <3 weeks), subacute…
