Children and asthma

Here you can read about the latest clinical research about children and asthma.

Allergy

Allergy-proof bedcovers do not reduce asthma symptoms
Studies have shown that people with asthma who are allergic to dust mites get worse when they are exposed to high levels of the dust mite allergen.

Breastfeeding and skin rashes
Effect of Yoga Breathing Exercises (Pranayama) on Airway Reactivity in Subjects with Asthma.

Effect of diet on eczema
T. Randomised controlled trial of advice on an egg exclusion diet in young children with atopic eczema and sensitivity to eggs.

Education

Asthma Education and a Management Plan reduces Asthma Hospital Readmissions
Structured discharge procedure for children admitted to hospital with acute asthma: a randomised controlled trial of nursing practice.

Family therapy for children with asthma
Family therapy for asthma in children (Cochrane Review).

Exercise

Asthma symptoms and physical training
Physical training for asthma (Cochrane Review).

Medicine

Children asthma and delivery of medicine
Costs and effectiveness of spacer versus nebulizer in young children with moderate and severe acute asthma.

Effect of steroids in children with asthma
Effect of Long-Term treatment with inhaled budesonide on adult height in children with Asthma.

Prevention of asthma in children using inhaled steroids
Effectiveness of prophylactic inhaled steroids in childhood asthma: a systematic review of the literature

Two relievers rather than one may be more effective for treating asthma attacks in children
Combined inhaled anticholinergic and beta2-agonists for initial treatment of acute asthma in children (Cochrane Review).

School

Teaching children about asthma
Self-management teaching programmes and morbidity of paediatric asthma: a meta-analysis.

Treatment

Long-term effect of anti-inflammatories on children
Long-Term Effects of Budesonide or Nedocromil in Children with Asthma.

Delivery methods of asthma medicine in asthma attacks
Holding chambers versus nebulisers for beta-agonist treatment of acute asthma (Cochrane Review).

Chiropractic treatment for children with asthma
A comparison of active and simulated chiropractic manipulation as adjunctive treatment for childhood asthma.

Family therapy for children with asthma
Family therapy for asthma in children (Cochrane Review).

Two relievers rather than one may be more effective for treating asthma attacks in children
Combined inhaled anticholinergic and beta2-agonists for initial treatment of acute asthma in children (Cochrane Review).

Wheezing

Predicting if asthma will persist
A clinical index to define risk of asthma in young children with recurrent wheezing..

Risk factors for wheezing in children
Risk factors for early, persistent, and late-onset wheezing in young children.

Prevention of asthma in children using inhaled steroids
Effectiveness of prophylactic inhaled steroids in childhood asthma: a systematic review of the literature.