New treatments in childhood asthmaPaediatric Respiratory Reviews - Vol. 14 - N° S2 - p. 45 - New treatments in childhood asthma - EM|consultedoi:10.1016/S1526-0542(13)70041-1EscribanoA.Elsevier LtdPaediatric Respiratory Reviews
While the rate of asthma has decreased for New Zealand European children over the past few decades this reduction has not occurred for Māori. Studies have shown that Māori are less likely to have a peak flow meter or asthma action plan; and fewer are prescribed preventative treatments, resulti...
Although current asthma treatments are very effective, a subgroup of asthma patients (difficult or therapy-resistant asthma) do not respond adequately to these treatments and need maintained oral corticosteroid therapy. New asthma treatments are particularly needed for this group. ...
There is therefore a search for new therapies, particularly safe and effective oral treatments and those that are more efficacious in severe asthma. New therapies in development include mediator antagonists and inhibitors of cytokines, although these therapies might be too specific to be very effective...
There is a need for novel, safe treatments to tackle the underlying inflammation that characterizes asthma pathology. Furthermore, there is a requirement for new treatments to be developed as oral therapy in order to alleviate patient compliance issues, especially in children. A multitude of new ...
Although asthma remains a common malady, inflicting suffering, expensive therapy, and sometimes even death on its victims, recent advances in our understanding of its pathology have provided a number of potential new treatment modalities. The essential insight has been the identification of asthma as ...
for individual patients; expanded indications for commencing inhaled corticosteroids; new recommendations for written asthma action plans; a new chapter on diagnosis and initial treatment of patients with asthma–COPD overlap syndrome; and a revised approach to diagnosing asthma in preschool children. The...
ADHD, asthma and allergies have also skyrocketed over the same time period. One of these conditions now strikes one in every three children in America. But there is hope. Leading medical innovator Kenneth Bock, M.D., has helped change the lives of more than a thousand children, and in ...
When her son, Colton, developed asthma-like symptoms and coughing at just a few months old, Jessica Ainslie took him to the doctor. Breathing treatments seemed to do the trick, but Colton was soon sick again — he developed thrush (an oral fungal infection), had trouble keeping food down,...
summarize what is currently known on the topic of exhaled biomarkers in childhood asthma, with a special emphasis on emerging approaches, underlining the role of exhaled biomarkers in the diagnosis, management and treatment of asthma, and their potential for the development of personalized treatments....