Despite vast improvements in the care of children with asthma over the past decades,
asthma remains a common cause of admission to pediatric intensive care units. During the …

Acute severe asthma: Differences in therapies and outcomes a... : Critical Care Medicine
Acute severe asthma: Differences in therapies and outcomes among pediatric intensive …

This review discusses issues related to managing problematic severe asthma in children
and young people. A small minority of children have genuinely severe asthma symptoms …

Background Children with severe asthma have substantial morbidity and healthcare
utilization. Pediatric severe asthma is a heterogeneous disease, and a multidisciplinary …

Asthma is a disease of airway inflammation characterized by hyperresponsiveness and
airflow obstruction that lead to symptoms such as cough and wheezing (Fig. 1). Childhood …

Most childhood asthma is mild/moderate and is easily controlled with regular use of inhaled
corticosteroids (ICS) and rescue bronchodilators. However, between 5% and 10% of …

Caring for children with asthma continues to be an essential responsibility of the pediatric
pulmonologist. In this Pediatric Pulmonology Year in Review, we summarize the significant …

The evaluation of pediatric patients with severe asthma requires assessment for underlying
comorbidities that complicate asthma and make its treatment more difficult. Asthma in such …

Objectives: Identify the etiology of asthma. Review the appropriate evaluation of asthma.
Outline the treatment and management options available for asthma. Summarize …

Severe asthma affects approximately 1 in 20 asthmatics, and the healthcare resources
utilization and mortality are disproportionately high in these patients. Deaths from asthma …