Author/Authors :
ÖZÇEKER, Deniz İstanbul Üniversitesi - İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Çocuk İmmünolojisi ve Alerji Bilim Dalı, Turkey , ORAL CEBECİ, Sinem İstanbul Üniversitesi - İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Çocuk İmmünolojisi ve Alerji Bilim Dalı, Turkey , GÜLER, Nermin İstanbul Üniversitesi - İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Çocuk İmmünolojisi ve Alerji Bilim Dalı, Turkey
Title Of Article :
APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA EXACERBATION IN CHILDHOOD WITH CURRENT GUIDELINES
Abstract :
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood that causes hospital and emergency admissions and school absences. Asthma exacerbation is characterized by an increase in symptoms of shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness, nocturnal cough; decrease in exercise tolerance; reduced daily activities; increase in need of bronchodilators and decrease of expiratory flow rate. Management of chronic asthma and exacerbation shows some varieties, because the anatomical and physiological characteristics are quite different in children who are younger and older than 5 years old. In this article we evaluated current guidelines of asthma exacerbation in children
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Asthma , child , self management
JournalTitle :
Journal Of Istanbul Faculty Of Medicine
