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- Title
Managing an acute asthma exacerbation in children.
- Authors
Trottier, Evelyne D; Chan, Kevin; Allain, Dominic; Chauvin-Kimoff, Laurel
- Abstract
Children and youth with acute asthma exacerbations frequently present to an emergency department with signs of respiratory distress. The most severe episodes are potentially life-threatening. Effective treatment depends on the accurate and rapid assessment of disease severity at presentation. This statement addresses the assessment, management, and disposition of paediatric patients with a known diagnosis of asthma who present with an acute asthma exacerbation. Guidance includes the assessment of asthma severity, treatment considerations, proper discharge planning, follow-up, and prescription for inhaled corticosteroids to prevent exacerbation and decrease chronic morbidity.
- Subjects
PREVENTIVE medicine; ASTHMA treatment; PATIENT aftercare; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; SEVERITY of illness index; DECISION making in clinical medicine; MEDICAL prescriptions; DISEASE exacerbation; DISCHARGE planning; CHILDREN
- Publication
Paediatrics & Child Health (1205-7088), 2021, Vol 26, Issue 7, p438
- ISSN
1205-7088
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pch/pxab058