Management of Asthma in Children
Follow the links below to find information about managing asthma in children.
Reviewed May 2011
17 Resources Found
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| Title: | Asthma - managing your asthma |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | This topic tells you how to manage asthma. Finding out you've got asthma is not the end of the world! Lots of people have asthma. If you learn all about it and how to manage it you can do almost anything that you set your mind to. |
| Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Title: | Asthma in childhood |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Asthma in childhood is common and it can be serious. About 1 in 9 young children and 1 in 10 adults in South Australia are affected by asthma. You need to work out a plan for treating your child's asthma with your doctor. |
| Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Title: | Asthma: treatment and prevention |
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| Publisher: | Raising Children Network (RCN) |
| Description: | A guide to treating and managing asthma in children. |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Asthma and young children |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Asthma affects many children. Parents of a child with asthma need to know about their child's condition, symptoms and medications. All other carers, such as grandparents and childcare workers, should also be aware of the child's asthma and how to manage it. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | A review of programmes providing asthma education at home for affected children and their families |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Asthma is a common childhood illness causing wheezing, coughing and difficulty in breathing. Guidelines on the care of children with asthma recommend that children and families should receive education on how to manage their condition. The current revie... |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | What are the effects of educational interventions delivered to children and/or their families, who have experienced an emergency department visit with their asthma within the previous 12 months? |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Asthma care for children in our society is common and costly. There is now evidence that educational intervention for children who have attended the emergency department for asthma lowers the risk of the need for future emergency department visits and h... |
| Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Title: | Addition of long-acting beta-agonists to inhaled corticosteroids for chronic asthma in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Most consensus statements recommend the use of long-acting ß2-agonists (LABA) as adjunct therapy to inhaled corticosteroids for poorly controlled asthma. The purpose of this review was to identify the benefits and safety profile of adding long-acting ... |
| Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Title: | Ciclesonide versus other inhaled steroids for chronic asthma in children and adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Inhaled corticosteroids, such as budesonide, beclomethasone or fluticasone, which have been available for many years, have proven to be an important therapy for controlling the inflammation caused by asthma. They are given usually twice daily, and are r... |
| Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Title: | Asthma in children under 5 - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Asthma is relatively common in children under 5. With correct management asthma symptoms can be well controlled, allowing your child to live a full and active life. |
| Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Title: | Asthma management for schoolchildren - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Educators in Australia are now becoming more aware of the needs of children with asthma and steps are being taken to create asthma-friendly schools. |
| Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Title: | Taking corticosteroids for asthma |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Asthma is a common problem in Australia. If people with asthma get symptoms every week they may be given an inhaler to prevent the symptoms. |
| Date: | Jun 2006 |
| Title: | Starting steroids for asthma |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Inhaled corticosteroids are indicated for everyone with persistent asthma. For most patients low doses are sufficient to improve clinical outcomes. Increasing the dose may not cause a proportionate improvement in the patient's symptoms and lung function. |
| Date: | Jun 2006 |
| Title: | Parents and carers asthma information pack |
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| Publisher: | Multicultural Health Communication Service |
| Description: | Information pack to help you successfully manage your child 's asthma. |
| Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Title: | Asthma Action Plan |
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| Publisher: | Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW) |
| Description: | Proforma for individualised information for parents/carers to help them manage their childs asthma on a daily basis and when an acute attack occurs. |
| Date: | Oct 2003 |
| Title: | Asthma First Aid Plan [Vietnamese] |
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| Publisher: | Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW) |
| Description: | Asthma can start within a few minutes or a few days. When asthma occurs, the child's chest will be contracted. He/she will be coughing, wheezing and quickly suffers breathing difficulty. If this happens, follow the 4 steps in the asthma first aid plan below. |
| Date: | Jul 2003 |
| Title: | Educational interventions for asthma in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Learning self-management strategies related to asthma prevention or attack management can help improve children's lung function and feelings of self-control, as well as reduce school absences and days of restricted activity and decrease emergency room u... |
| Date: | Aug 2002 |
| Title: | Asthma and children: a guide to coping |
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| Publisher: | Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW) |
| Description: | Advice for parents on managing children with asthma. |
| Date: | Oct 1999 |
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