Review article

Specific Features of Childhood Asthma

Irena Ivković-Jureković ; Klinika za dječje bolesti Zagreb

Abstract

Asthma in children usually occurs at an early age and has a variable course and a diff erent clinical appearance. In children, asthma exhibits different phenotypes, which may overlap, enter into remission, but also persist into adulthood. It is not easy to diff erentiate asthma from recurrent wheezing associated with other diseases in the first years of life. Asthma in school children and adolescents is significantly more often associated with allergies than asthma in adults. Clinical expression of the disease, the importance of allergy and nonspecific triggers in the initiation of symptoms and asthma exacerbations, diagnostics, monitoring of bronchial inflammation, as well as the treatment itself in children are diff erent from those found in adults. Based on these findings, international and national guidelines have been established, focusing exclusively on paediatric asthma. This paper presents contemporary standpoints on the specific features of asthma in children.

Keywords

asthma; child; phenotype; wheezing

Hrčak ID:

106472

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/106472

Publication date:

15.5.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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