This longitudinal examination of the asthma medication ratio in a national sample of children has determined the predictive accuracy of a rolling 3-month ratio. Objectives: The asthma medication ratio ...

A comparison of claims-based asthma risk predictors in a national sample of children with Medicaid determines accuracy and informs risk predictor choice. Objectives: Head-to-head comparisons are ...

All that wheezes is not pediatric asthma Many upper- and lower-airway problems can cause wheeze and cough, and some conditions coexist with asthma. Here's how to pin down a diagnosis. Asthma causes ...

Physical inactivity has long been common among children with asthma due to fears of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB). However, new evidence-based recommendations show that with proper ...

A fast-paced ED is typically not equipped to provide the fine-tuning of pharmacotherapy as well as the intensive child and parent education needed for symptom control and best quality of life.

During the past two decades the incidence of asthma and other atopic diseases has increased in industrialized countries (1–7). Notwithstanding the marked hereditary element in atopy, this rapid ...

Children in southeastern Dallas County are 12 times more vulnerable to asthma than children just 20 minutes away, according to a new interactive dashboard from Dallas County Health and Human Services ...

Sanofi's Dupixent is already off and running in several key markets—including eczema and adult asthma—and churning up blockbuster sales. Now, with a potential FDA approval in childhood asthma ...