Diagnosis and management of asthma in children

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bush, Andrew ^a,b,c   Fleming, Louise ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; COTININE; FLUTICASONE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; BLOOD LEVEL; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COTININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INHALATION SPACER; LOW DRUG DOSE; METERED DOSE INHALER; MOULD; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; RUNNING; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WHEEZING; CHILD; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SPIROMETRY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPIROMETRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84925969700     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h996     Document Type: Review

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