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Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Asthma in Children and Young People
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for asthma in children and young people.
Reviewed November 2011
25 Resources Found
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| Title: | Regular treatment with formoterol and an inhaled corticosteroid versus regular treatment with salmeterol and an inhaled corticosteroid for chronic asthma: serious adverse events |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Asthma is a condition that affects the airways - the small tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. When a person with asthma comes into contact with an asthma trigger, their airways become irritated and the muscles around the walls of the airway... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Oxatomide for stable asthma in adults and children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Oxatomide, an anti-histamine agent, cannot be recommended for the treatment of chronic asthma as there is no consistent data to support a beneficial effect on asthma control. Six randomised controlled studies of the effect of oxatomide were identified. ... |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Commercial versus home-made spacers in delivering bronchodilator therapy for acute therapy in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The aim of this review was to compare the response to inhaled beta-2 agonists delivered through a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) attached to home-made spacers, compared with beta-2 agonists delivered through a MDI attached to commercially produced spacers i... |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | Inhaled sodium cromoglycate for asthma in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | In this review we aimed to determine whether there is evidence for the effectiveness of inhaled sodium cromoglycate as maintenance treatment in children with chronic asthma. Most of the studies were carried out in small groups of patients. Furthermore, ... |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Formoterol versus short-acting beta-agonists as relief medication for adults and children with asthma |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Short-acting beta-agonists are traditionally used to ease symptoms when people experience wheezing and breathlessness during asthma exacerbations. Formoterol is a bronchodilator that works quickly to relieve symptoms and the effect lasts longer. We are ... |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Ketotifen alone or as additional medication for long-term control of asthma and wheeze in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Children with asthma can find using inhaled treatments medication difficult and so oral medication such as ketotifen, which is an antihistamine, can be used to help control symptoms. The review found that mild asthma symptoms were well-controlled in the... |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Anticholinergic therapy for chronic asthma in children over two years of age |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Anticholinergic drugs are widely used in the management of both acute and chronic asthma in children. Their effect is achieved through relief of narrowing of the airways that occurs in asthma. Current guidelines for the management of chronic asthma advi... |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Nedocromil sodium for chronic asthma in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Nedocromil (or Tilade) is a 'preventer' therapy used to treat chronic asthma in children. It is thought to be safer than inhaled steroids and can be used for the management of mild to moderate asthma. The review of studies including 15 trials and 1422 c... |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Fluticasone at different doses for chronic asthma in adults and children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Fluticasone (FP) is an inhaled corticosteroid commonly used to treat inflammation of the airways (passages to the lungs) and improve breathing in people with asthma. This review examined the effectiveness of FP when given at different doses for treating... |
| Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Title: | Fluticasone versus placebo for chronic asthma in adults and children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Fluticasone is a well-established inhaled steroid for use a preventative agent in controlling asthma symptoms. This review found that it is highly effective even in low doses. The effect does appear to increase with higher doses, but these improvements ... |
| Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Title: | Anticholinergic drugs for wheeze in children under the age of two years |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Anti-cholinergic drugs are widely used to treat infants and young toddlers with acute and recurrent wheeze though the role of these agents remain controversial. Six trials involving 321 infants in three different settings were reviewed. The review was u... |
| Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Title: | Oral xanthines as maintenance treatment for asthma in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Xanthines (e.g. theophylline) are a group of drugs thought to have helpful preventative and reliever properties in the treatment of asthma in children. This review of studies has established that there is evidence for useful effects of these drugs in te... |
| Date: | May 2008 |
| Title: | Herbal interventions for chronic asthma in adults and children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chronic asthma is a inflammatory disease of the airways characterised by wheeze and breathlessness. Drug therapy is usually used to control symptoms but complementary medicine is often used, including herbal treatments, and the efficacy and safety of su... |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Title: | Psychological interventions for children with asthma |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | It is thought that psychological factors may play an important part in asthma, although this could not be determined in a previous review of psychological interventions in adults with asthma. Although there were twelve studies in this review that met in... |
| Date: | Apr 2007 |
| Title: | Intravenous aminophylline for acute severe asthma in children over two years receiving inhaled bronchodilators |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Acute asthma is a common paediatric emergency prevalent in many countries. Treatment aims to reverse asthma by opening up the airways and targeting the underlying inflammation of the airways. Beta-agonists, anticholinergic agents and glucocorticoids are... |
| Date: | Feb 2007 |
| Title: | Family therapy for asthma in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Psychological factors may have an effect on asthma in children, or its severity. As some children with families who are having problems have severe asthma, family therapy has been tried. The aim is to resolve any problems there might be in a family, in ... |
| Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Title: | Inhaled corticosteroids versus sodium cromoglycate in children and adults with asthma |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and sodium cromoglycate (SCG) have been advocated as medications to control persistent asthma symptoms among children and adults, yet information on which class of drugs is superior has been conflicting. This study pooled r... |
| Date: | Feb 2006 |
| Title: | Beclomethasone versus placebo for chronic asthma |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | During an asthma attack, the airways narrow, causing breathing problems, wheezing and coughing. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are used to reduce swelling of the airways. Inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) is commonly used. There is now a new form... |
| Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Title: | Anti-leukotriene agents compared to inhaled corticosteroids in the management of recurrent and/or chronic asthma in adults and children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | In an asthma attack, the airways (passages to the lungs) narrow from muscle spasms and swelling (inflammation), which can cause breathing problems, wheezing and coughing. Inhaled corticosteroid drugs are used to reduce the swelling of the airways in peo... |
| Date: | Oct 2003 |
| Title: | High dose versus low dose inhaled corticosteroid as initial starting dose for asthma in adults and children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Guidelines vary in their recommendations for the initial dose of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) for asthma. This review compared initial ICS doses for asthma . The results showed that commencing with a moderate dose ICS is as effective as commencing with ... |
| Date: | Aug 2003 |
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