PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Silvia Montella
AU  - Eugenio Baraldi
AU  - Salvatore Cazzato
AU  - Raffaele Aralla
AU  - Mariangela Berardi
AU  - Luigia Maria Brunetti
AU  - Claudia Calogero
AU  - Anna Rita Cappiello
AU  - Fabio Cardinale
AU  - Maria Elisa di Cicco
AU  - Emanuela Di Palmo
AU  - Sabrina Di Pillo
AU  - Marzia Duse
AU  - Grazia Fenu
AU  - Giuliana Ferrante
AU  - Fabrizio Franceschini
AU  - Amelia Licari
AU  - Giuseppina Marrazzo
AU  - Maria Pia Natale
AU  - Maria Francesca Patria
AU  - Giorgio Piacentini
AU  - Vincenzo Ragazzo
AU  - Nicola Ullmann
AU  - Franca Rusconi
TI  - Severe asthma (SA) compared to non severe persistent asthma (PA) in children: An Italian on-line database
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P4245
VI  - 44
IP  - Suppl 58
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P4245.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P4245.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2014 Sep 01; 44
AB  - SA has been described as a heterogeneous disease with regard to clinical presentation and course. Few data are available in children.We present data on 37 patients 6-17 years old with SA defined according to recent ERS/ATS Guidelines (Eur Respir J 2014) in comparison with 64 age-matched peers with PA controlled by medium-dose inhaled steroids followed at specialised centres adhering to the Italian Society for Paediatric Respiratory Diseases (SIMRI). Each centre filled in questionnaires (medical + parental questionnaires + patient questionnaire if >12 yrs) on the web (CINECA). Cases included in 2013 are shown.The table summarizes main demographic and clinical history characteristics, lung function and atopic findings, comorbidities/contributory factors, and personal/family impact of the disease.These preliminary findings confirm that children with SA are a heterogeneous group. Distinguishing characteristics are age at asthma diagnosis, food sensitisation, atopic dermatitis, total IgE and lung function. SA represents an important burden to personal and family life.