Monitoring asthma in childhood: management-related issues
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Monitoring asthma in childhood: management-related issues.
Management-related issues are an important aspect of monitoring asthma in children in clinical practice. This review summarises the literature on practical aspects of monitoring including adherence to treatment, inhalation technique, ongoing exposure to allergens and irritants, comorbid conditions and side-effects of treatment, as agreed by the European Respiratory Society Task Force on Monitor...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Review
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0905-9180,1600-0617
DOI: 10.1183/16000617.00003814