In this entry, I would like to discuss some things to think about as families go back to school in terms of asthma. One is the increase in asthma exacerbations during this period, and the other some thoughts about asthma control as kids go back to school.
Asthma gets worse in SeptemberFor several years, doctors and patients have observed that... Read more
Dara Torres has asthma, just like her father, says a story in the New York Times. But for years, she had been training and competing with coughing and difficulty breathing. When she finally started taking asthma medicine, "she realized how much, and how needlessly, she had been suffering."
But her newly found breathing capacity came with... Read more
Read Part I of this series here
Inhaler devices for asthma treatmentIn this second entry of this two part-series, I would like to review devices that help optimize delivery of inhaled medications to the lungs from metered dose inhalers (MDIs), including spacers/holding chambers, and some other newer features of inhalers to help patients... Read more
Asthma action plans
In this entry, I would like
to discuss the role of ‘action plans' in the care of patients with asthma.
Since asthma affects so many people, and is cared for by a range of providers,
action plans are a way for patients and providers to be able to take the right
steps in care when their asthma control... Read more
Newer measures of asthma control
In this entry, I would like
to discuss some exciting research on newer, non-invasive ways to assess asthma
control in patients. While none of these techniques are being used in routine
practice, their use is gaining momentum in the asthma research community and
they may be integrated into routine care in the... Read more
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