Difficult asthma in children
Open Access
- 1 October 2002
- Vol. 57 (10) , 915-916
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.57.10.915
Abstract
Asthmatic children on high dose corticosteroids need to be fully assessed to ensure that such dosages are really necessary. Further work needs to be undertaken to find the best approach to poor treatment adherence and false claims for financial support. The benefits of particular components of specialist assessment need to be evaluated prospectively and multicentre collaboration is needed to evaluate phenotype specific treatment and new treatments for truly difficult asthma.Keywords
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