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Severe Asthma in Children - free full text review in JACI: In Practice

"Urban childhood asthma" - what are the causes and how to manage them?

Sensitization to outdoor aeroallergens present in 9.5% of children aged 0 to 2 years, 18% of children aged 2-4

Perinatal risk factors for persistent wheezing in first 8 years of life: male gender, parental allergy, not breastfeed

Nebulizer delivery not better than metered-dose inhalers with spacer in adults or children

Free ACT questionnaire may be superior to $3,000 FeNO device in determining asthma control in children

Relying on the symptom of wheeze to diagnose asthma in children may be an important cause of under-treatment

Asthma and eczema common in childhood, but decrease with age - however rhinitis increases markedly

Obesity not associated with worse asthma severity in children

Asthma exacerbations in children are predicted by (simple) asthma control score and (complex) test of IL-5 in breath

Clarithromycin for 3 weeks is effective as add-on treatment of asthma exacerbations in children

Children born to older mothers (maternal age of 36-40) were protected against developing atopic disease

Patch testing is indicated in children with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis - contact allergy found in 78%

Low vitamin D level at age 6 years is a predictor of atopy and asthma at 14 years of age

Long-term outcomes in pediatric asthma - a Twitter summary from the 2012 WSAAI meeting

Natural history of asthma in childhood

Immunostimulant Broncho-Vaxom (OM-85 BV) prevents wheezing attacks in preschool children

Is Johnny wheezing? Parents underestimate burden of asthma experienced by their children

Spirometry changes assessment of asthma control in children

Allergic rhinitis could begin as early as 18 months of life