The Asthma in Children guide has been adapted to new scientific insights. The guidelines are for health care providers involved in the care of children up to 18 years of age with (suspected) (acute) asthma in secondary care.
Acute asthma is a sudden increase in symptoms that do not go away after the medication. Just as in the recently revised guidelines for lung attack asthma, ‘exacerbation’ is no longer used, but about ‘lung attack’.
The use of measuring NO in the exhaled air can be done according to the revised guidelines they are not used to diagnose asthma. There is also insufficient evidence that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRA) work well in children younger than 6 years.
The evidence that immunotherapy works well in children with allergic asthma is not strong. That is why it is important to look carefully at the benefits, the side effects and the importance of following the treatment correctly, together with the patient and parents.
If a lung attack occurs, it is advisable to administer the medicine through a spacer. If someone has severe shortness of breath, has shortness of breath for a long time, or does not respond well to puffing, nebulization may be an option.
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2024-11-04 12:29:00
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