Childhood asthma: A best-practice strategy for the diagnosis and assessment of control in South Africa

Autor:	Debbie A White, Pierre Goussard, Samuel Malamulele Risenga, A van Niekerk
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Childhood asthma Allergy medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Best practice Control (management) General Medicine medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases immune system diseases Asthma control Family medicine medicine Private healthcare business Asthma Patient education
Zdroj:	South African Medical Journal. 111:705
ISSN:	2078-5135 0256-9574
DOI:	10.7196/samj.2021.v111i8.15851
Popis:	The South African (SA) Childhood Asthma Working Group of the Allergy Society of SA (ALLSA) advises on best-practice strategy for childhood asthma management. The strategy is in accordance with current evidence and consensus. The aim of this review is to inform on a best-practice strategy for asthma diagnosis and the assessment of asthma control in SA children who attend public and private healthcare services. The diagnosis of asthma is more difficult in preschool-aged than school-aged children. This review proposes a four-step diagnostic approach in both groups, with an added obligation to objectively measure variable expiratory airflow limitation in school-aged children. Asthma control refers to the degree to which the effects of asthma can be seen in patients, or to which these have been reduced by treatment. After initiation of treatment, it is essential to assess asthma control at regular follow-up visits, and to adjust treatment accordingly. Patient education is key to attaining control.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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