Review article
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-146-supl1-11
Chronic treatment of childhood asthma and MART concept
Srđan Banac
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Abstract
In the late 1980s, when it was realized that asthma is predominantly a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, there were major changes in the clinical approach to patients with asthma. The “bronchodilator era” ended and the “anti-inflammatory era” began in which inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) became the mainstay of the pharmacotherapeutic approach to asthma. One such recent approach is known under the acronym MART (maintenance and reliever therapy). It involves the use of a fixed combination of ICS and formoterol that the patient inhales daily with the aim of long-term maintenance of asthma control, but the same drug is additionally used “as needed” to achieve relief. MART is an effective pharmacotherapeutic option in children older than 6 years who suffer from persistent asthma. It is particularly attractive for adolescents whose asthma is often unsatisfactorily controlled because of poor adherence to continuous anti-inflammatory medication.
Keywords
CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; CHRONIC TREATMENT; MART
Hrčak ID:
315825
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Publication date:
11.4.2024.
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