Article
Difficult childhood asthma: management and future.
Clinics in chest medicine - 1 Sept 2012
Tillie-Leblond Isabelle, Deschildre Antoine, Gosset Philippe, de Blic Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Diagnosis and management of severe asthma implies the definition of different entities, that is, difficult asthma and refractory severe asthma, but also the different phenotypes included in the term refractory severe asthma. A complete evaluation by a physician expert in asthma is necessary, adapted for each child. Identification of mechanisms involved in different phenotypes in refractory severe asthma may...
Topics
- Asthma
- Child
- Disease Management
- Forecasting
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Severity of Illness Index