PURPOSE Diagnosing asthma in children with asthmatic symptoms remains a challenge,
particularly in preschool children. This challenge creates an opportunity for variability in …

Background In pre-school children a diagnosis of asthma is not easily made and only a
minority of wheezing children will develop persistent atopic asthma. According to the …

Abstract Background and Aims When investigating and treating asthma in children,
diagnosing must be precise and valid. There is a need for studies researching asthma in …

Background: Assessing prescription patterns of asthma medication for children is helpful to
optimize prescribing by general practitioners (GPs). The aim was to explore prescription …

Background There is variation in childhood asthma between countries with typically higher
prevalence in “Westernized” nations. We compared asthma, respiratory symptoms, and …

There is limited information on which data primary care pediatricians (PCPs) use to decide
whether to prescribe or not asthma maintenance treatment, and what drives prescribing a …

Objective: To evaluate prescriptions of asthma medication for children in primary care.
Methods: Data on prescriptions of asthma medication for children aged 0–9 years were …

Objective: To assess whether medical record documentation reflects actual home practices
regarding the administration of preventive medications to urban children with persistent …

Abstract Purpose Stock et al.(Eur Respir J 25: 47–53, 2005) recently estimated asthma
prevalence in Germany using claims data on prescriptions and hospital diagnoses and …

Background Little is known about the impact of British asthma management guideline
revisions. Concerns about the use of high dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in children …