OBJECTIVE Many children are brought to the pediatric emergency department (ED) with acute asthma symptoms. Emergency asthma care is costly, and many ED visits may be preventable. Families often do not have written asthma action plans and lack asthma self-management skills. This study tests a tailored self-management intervention delivered in the ED for families of children with asthma. The prim...

Method Children who attended to a tertiary outpatient pediatric allergy and asthma department and diagnosed with asthma were enrolled in the study. A questionnaire including demographic features and parameters to determine socioeconomic status were applied. Asthma control status of patients was evaluated according to GINA criteria. Laboratory investigations including complete blood counts with ...

Background In Canada, Omalizumab is indicated for adults and adolescents with moderate to severe persistent allergic asthma, but not for pediatric use (<12 years of age). A 9 year-old boy with steroid dependent, allergic asthma, multiple ICU admissions and severe back pain from compression fractures was referred to our centre. IgE was 1337 IU/ml. Skin prick testing showed multiple positive reac...

Fordecades, investigators have been documenting associations between obesity and asthma in adults, although the underlying mechanisms involvedhave remained largelyunknown.Ongoing work is revealing a link in children as well and is providing new insights into the potential basis of the association. “Thereappear tobecausative links from the perspective of obesity preceding asthma,but itdoesnotapp...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate pediatric studies of the effect on asthma symptoms of treatment with proton pump inhibitors (PPI) used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). METHODS We entered the MeSH terms "gastroesophageal reflux AND asthma AND children" in the PubMed tool Clinical Queries, selecting "therapy" and "broad, sensitive search." The search ended on April 14, 2008. We included o...

The Japanese Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Diseases 2010 (JAGL 2010) describes childhood asthma based on the Japanese Pediatric Guideline for the Treatment and Management of Asthma 2008 (JPGL 2008) published by the Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology. JAGL 2010 provides information on diagnosis by age groups from infancy to puberty, treatment fo...

Abstract Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare disorder, secondary to lung over-inflation. Patients with this disorder have dyspnea, chest pain, and subcutaneous emphysema. Treatment consists of analgesia, rest, oxygen therapy, management the underlying condition. Being we present two cases exacerbated asthma complicated spontaneous emphysema as part an air leak syndrome. A 2-year-old child a...

OBJECTIVE This primary objective of this pilot randomized, controlled trial was to determine whether a brief video intervention delivered after a pediatric office visit could improve inhaler technique in children with asthma immediately and one month later. The intervention's effect on children's inhaler self-efficacy and asthma control was also evaluated. METHODS Children (n=91) ages 7-17 ye...

BACKGROUND Montelukast is a potent leukotriene-receptor antagonist administered once daily that provides clinical benefit in the treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis in children and adults. Because of its wide use as a pediatric controller, there is a need for a further review of the safety and tolerability of montelukast in children. OBJECTIVE To summarize safety and tolerability data f...

Introduction: Pediatric asthma affects 5.5 million US children and is the leading cause of pediatric chronic illness globally. Those with severe have significantly higher healthcare costs compared to those non-severe disease. Biologics are newest class anti-asthma therapy approved for use in patients &gt; 6 years eosinophilic phenotype. Objective: The goals this study were (1) describe baseline...