Guide revised for diagnosing and treating asthma
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pediatric and asthma experts recently revised the Pediatric Asthma: Promoting Best Practice Guide for Managing Asthma in Children, a guide for pediatricians and other health care professionals for identifying and treating asthma in children and adolescents younger than 18 years.
The guide is a set of stand-alone treatment recommendations endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institution's (NHLBI) National Asthma Education Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI). The guide was adapted from the NHBLI's 1997 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, and recognizes the medical and developmental issues unique to children and adolescents with asthma.
In addition to NHLBI, AAP and AAAAI, representatives from six other medical/health organizations, and a governmental agency, contributed to development of the document; The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; the American Thoracic Society; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Children's Health Fund; the National Association of School Nurses; and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which provided a grant to this project. A specialist in family medicine also contributed to the guide. The guide can be found here .
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