ABSTRACT
An up-to-the-minute reference guide for health professionals confronting pulmonary disorders in children, Pediatric Asthma offers the latest findings on this classification-defying disease and related conditions. Written by more than 20 international experts in the field, the book focuses on drug administration-issues of compliance, aerosol deliver
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|2 pages
Epidemiology of Childhood Asthma
of a universally accepted definition of asthma that can be used to study
chapter |2 pages
of Childhood Asthma 3
of Harare, but of several recent studies performed after the fall of the of atopic dis-
chapter |4 pages
of Childhood Asthma 15
of allergen exposure is indeed a risk factor for the development of atopic sensi- of house dust mites and grass of mite and grass sensitization of asthma in similar ways remains to be determined. In a prospective, longitudi- of exposure in infancy and no difference in mean exposures between of current asthma was apparent of dust of one of the main allergens of exposure to mites in early in-
chapter |4 pages
of Childhood Asthma 19
of an exchange of glutamic acid for glutamine in of asthmatic patients of a replacement of arginine with glycine in amino acid 16 was
chapter |2 pages
of Childhood Asthma
of asthma medication (OR= 2.1 and OR= 4.7, respectively). of the enrolled subjects.
chapter |2 pages
of Childhood Asthma 25
of asthma medication (208), and in the level of BHR ( 192) of so2 and partic- of asthma and allergies. In areas of
chapter |2 pages
of Childhood Asthma 39
U, Hortsman DH. Kehrl HR, HarderS, Abdui-Salaam S, Ives PJ. Res-
chapter |8 pages
ofA llergy
of positive double-blind food chal- of children with a history of food-induced asthma was wheezing re-
chapter 7|28 pages
Patient Education in Pediatric Asthma
I. Introduction of asthma include an appreciation for the
chapter |2 pages
of Pediatric Asthma 213
of the complex interplay between disease and the variables that of pediatric asthma. Creer of the multidirectional influ-
chapter |4 pages
ofP ediatric Asthma
of multidi- of design and analysis to capture the complex array of vari- of the child's
chapter |2 pages
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of 57 physiological and psychological variables (42). The asthma-death risk of conflict between parents of asthma symp-
chapter 9|2 pages
The Management of Acute Severe Asthma
I. Introduction of the International Consen- of knowledge as well as established the goals of therapy for both
chapter |4 pages
ofA cute Severe Asthma
It is becoming increasingly clear that environmental exposures are the most im-
chapter 10|14 pages
Intensive Care Unit Management
I. Intravenous and Inhaled Agonists of choice for acute severe asthma. Studies
chapter 15|26 pages
Aerosol Delivery
of aerosolized drugs for asthma has the advantages of being site-