Extract
Severe asthma continues to be a significant cause of morbidity in children. Despite optimised standard therapy, many children remain symptomatic with subsequent impact on their quality of life and increased healthcare utilisation [1]. Children with ongoing poorly controlled asthma despite maximally prescribed treatment are identified as having problematic severe asthma [2]. Those whose poor control is due to modifiable factors including poor adherence to medications, continued exposure to allergens, social issues and psychological factors have difficult asthma. Severe therapy-resistant asthma is the term used for those with persistent symptoms despite attention to the basics of asthma management [3].
Abstract
Valuable information can be obtained during inpatient assessment of children with problematic severe asthma http://ow.ly/RiKc30hzNXz
Footnotes
Support statement: A. Bush is an NIHR Senior Investigator who was additionally supported by the NIHR Respiratory Disease Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College London, and PI in the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research. S. Saglani is an NIHR Career Development Fellow. L. Fleming is an Asthma UK Senior Clinical Fellow and PI in the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research.
Conflict of interest: Disclosures can be found alongside this article at erj.ersjournals.com
- Received June 5, 2017.
- Accepted November 17, 2017.
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