Progress of assessment methods and application in children asthma
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2012.01.022
- VernacularTitle:儿童哮喘病情评估的方法研究和应用进展
- Author:
Fei FAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Asthma control;
Asthma management;
Assessment
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2012;39(1):74-78
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Establishing the assessment methods of childhood asthma is highlighted in asthmatic prevention and treatment.Due to the factors such as age,genotypic environment,pathogenesis and treatment,the assessment methods existed have some defects and cant objectively reflect the situation of asthma disease and airway inflammation.The assessment methods including symptom scores,pulmonary function test,airway responsiveness detection and fractional concentration of exhaled nitric oxide are described in this review.The principles,advantages,disadvantages,application ways and so on are discussed in detail,to improve the rationality of the application in these methods in order to make them play a greater role in asthmatic diagnosis,disease detection,medication guild and prognosis estimation,and explore a more effective and simple assessment way in children asthma.