Follow your child's Asthma Action Plan (AAP): An AAP is a written plan to help you manage your child's asthma. It is created with your child's pediatrician. Give the AAP to all of your child's care providers. This includes your child's teachers and school nurse. An AAP contains the...
Follow your child's Asthma Action Plan (AAP):An AAP is a written plan to help you manage your child's asthma. It is created with your child's pediatrician. Give the AAP to all of your child's care providers. This includes your child's teachers and school nurse. An AAP contains the...
Free Your Child From Asthma: A Four-Week Plan to Eliminate Symptomsdoi:10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60773-9Sitesh RoyAnnals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Childhood Asthma The effective management of asthma involves careful attention to family education and environmental, psychological and other triggers. However, the majority of patients will require drug treatment. The only bronchodilators in common use are β2-agonists and theophylline. In young childr...
Question (8a) asked of parents of children with asthma: A written asthma action plan is a set of instructions which tells you what medicines your child should be taking every day and what to do if your child is having an asthma attack or his/her symptoms are getting worse. Do you have...
One aspect of all such plans is the provision of cultural and age appropriate specific information for the patient and their family linked to a treatment plan and self-management. This echoes current beliefs about the optimal approaches to the management of chronic diseases in general as well as...
When it comes to asthma, parents often adhere to the doctor’s treatment plan without questioning (Quote 10). This is particularly true when dealing with a paediatric pulmonologist, where a significant level of trust is established. SDM could be relevant in the context of medication reduction, ...
Working together, you and your patient should prepare a written personal asthma action plan that is medically appropriate and practical. A sample asthma plan is shown in Figure 3. Additional written asthma action plans can be found on several websites, including: www.asthma.org.uk www.nhlbi...
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK Stephen T. Holgate Subsection Chief of Allergy, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Asthma Institute at UPMC/UPSOM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Sally Wenzel Department of Pulmonology, University of Groningen...
Most children with asthma can be managed by their GP. Accurate diagnosis is essential - persistent wheezing or coughing in childhood are not always due to asthma. An agreed management plan for both prevention and acute attacks is essential - including an age appropriate delivery device. Specialist...