Paediatric Asthma

Paediatric Asthma
Author: Kai-Håkon Carlsen
Publisher: European Respiratory Society
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1849840202
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Asthma is a disease of many faces and is frequently seen in children. This Monograph covers all aspects of paediatric asthma, across all ages, from birth through to the start of adulthood. It considers diagnostic problems in relation to the many phenotypes of asthma, covers the treatment of both mild-to-moderate and severe asthma, and discusses asthma exacerbations as well as exercise-induced asthma. The issue also provides an update on the pathophysiology of asthma, the role of bacterial and viral infections, and the impact of environmental factors, allergy, genetics and epigenetics. Finally,