TY - JOUR T1 - Monitoring asthma in children JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 906 LP - 925 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00088814 VL - 45 IS - 4 AU - Mariëlle W. Pijnenburg AU - Eugenio Baraldi AU - Paul L.P. Brand AU - Kai-Håkon Carlsen AU - Ernst Eber AU - Thomas Frischer AU - Gunilla Hedlin AU - Neeta Kulkarni AU - Christiane Lex AU - Mika J. Mäkelä AU - Eva Mantzouranis AU - Alexander Moeller AU - Ian Pavord AU - Giorgio Piacentini AU - David Price AU - Bart L. Rottier AU - Sejal Saglani AU - Peter D. Sly AU - Stanley J. Szefler AU - Thomy Tonia AU - Steve Turner AU - Edwina Wooler AU - Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen Y1 - 2015/04/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/45/4/906.abstract N2 - The goal of asthma treatment is to obtain clinical control and reduce future risks to the patient. To reach this goal in children with asthma, ongoing monitoring is essential. While all components of asthma, such as symptoms, lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and inflammation, may exist in various combinations in different individuals, to date there is limited evidence on how to integrate these for optimal monitoring of children with asthma. The aims of this ERS Task Force were to describe the current practise and give an overview of the best available evidence on how to monitor children with asthma.22 clinical and research experts reviewed the literature. A modified Delphi method and four Task Force meetings were used to reach a consensus.This statement summarises the literature on monitoring children with asthma. Available tools for monitoring children with asthma, such as clinical tools, lung function, bronchial responsiveness and inflammatory markers, are described as are the ways in which they may be used in children with asthma. Management-related issues, comorbidities and environmental factors are summarised.Despite considerable interest in monitoring asthma in children, for many aspects of monitoring asthma in children there is a substantial lack of evidence.ERS statement summarising and discussing the available literature on monitoring children with asthma http://ow.ly/H01NG ER -