Developing an effective medication plan to control a child's asthma can take time and trial and error. Different drugs work more or less effectively for different kinds of asthma, and some drug combinations work well for some children but not for others. ...
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...
(1) Similar advice has been repeated in subsequent revisions of the UK guidelines (2-4) and in the NHLBI global strategy for asthma management and prevention. (5) The evidence base for these recommendations is strong, and 36 trials comparing self-management...
The percentage of children with asthma that had ever received an asthma action plan increased from 41.7% in 2002 to 50.7% in 2013 (P < .001 for trend). In 2013, a greater percentage of non-Hispanic black (58.4%) than non-Hispanic white (47.4%) children (P = .028), privately insured...
Copyright PCRS-UK - reproduction prohibited Prim Care Respir J 2011; 20(2): 116-117 EDITORIAL Action needed on asthma plans See linked articles by Sulaiman et al. on pg 161 and Ring et al. on pg 170 *Helen K Reddela a Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and University of Sydney,...
703 AUDIT OF THE USE OF A WRITTEN ASTHMA ACTION PLAN IN A BUSY PEDIATRIC UNIT C. Walsh, G. Armstrong, B. McCord Paediatrics, Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry, UK Background and aims: A written action plan (WAP) is recommended for all patients with asthma, particularly those who have moderate...
-Hispanic black (58.4%) than non-Hispanic white (47.4%) children (P= .028), privately insured (56.2%) vs those with public insurance only (46.3%) (P= .016), and users of inhaled preventive asthma medication vs those that did not (P< .001) had ever received an asthma action plan....
To determine the effect of introducing an action plan to children with mild to moderate asthma, who have never used a plan before.Children were recruited from general practitioner records with a diagnosis of asthma, and who agreed to participate, having identified that they had not used an actio...
Children with asthma under the care of an allergist have a 77% reduction in lost time from school, according to the ACAAI. If your child has food allergies, work with your allergist and school staff to create an action plan that lists the foods your child is allergic to, what treatment ...