Monograph

The ERS Monograph is the quarterly book series from the ERS.

Each Monograph covers a specific area of respiratory medicine, providing in-depth reviews that give clinicians at all levels a concise, comprehensive guide to symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

Paediatric Asthma

European Respiratory Society Monograph, Vol. 56. 2012

ISBN: 978-1-84984-019-4

DOI: 10.1183/1025448x.erm5612

Paediatric asthma remains a health problem on a global scale, for the health systems of individual countries, for the families of asthmatic children and for the asthmatic children themselves. At present, we have no cure for asthma, and paediatric asthma most often represents a lifelong problem, although modern and optimal treatment do offer good disease control; most children with asthma are able to have a "healthy" life, and participate in physical activities on an equal level with their healthy peers, with a normal development into adolescence and adulthood.

Guest Editors Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: v
Preface Tobias Welte Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: vi
Introduction Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Jorrit Gerritsen Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: vii
Asthma in children: the road to individual asthma phenotypes Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, Kai-Håkon Carlsen Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 1-9
Infantile and preschool asthma Jose A. Castro-Rodriguez, Carlos E. Rodriguez-Martinez, Adnan Custovic Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 10-21
Problematic severe asthma Gunilla Hedlin, Fernando M. de Benedictis, Andrew Bush Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 22-39
Asthma at school age and in adolescence Susanne Lau, Ulrich Wahn Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 40-48
Physical exercise, training and sports in asthmatic children and adolescents Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 49-58
Food allergy, asthma and anaphylaxis Sarah Taylor-Black, Julie Wang Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 59-70
The burden of paediatric asthma: economic and familiar Francis J. Gilchrist, Warren Lenney Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 71-81
Lung development and the role of asthma and allergy Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, Adnan Custovic Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 82-96
Genetics and epigenetics of childhood asthma Monica C. Munthe-Kaas, Brigitte W.M. Willemse, Gerard H. Koppelman Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 97-114
The role of viral and bacterial infections on the development and exacerbations of asthma Paraskevi Xepapadaki, Chrysanthi L. Skevaki, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 115-127
Role of allergen exposure on the development of asthma in childhood Susanne Lau Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 128-133
Indoor and outdoor air pollution and the development of asthma Jonathan Grigg Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 134-142
Psychological factors James Paton Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 143-157
Airway hyperresponsiveness in children Jolt Roukema, Peter Gerrits, Peter Merkus Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 158-171
Treatment of acute asthma Johannes H. Wildhaber, Alexander Moeller Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 172-187
Treatment of infant and preschool asthma Göran Wennergren, Sigurdur Kristjánsson Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 188-198
Treatment of asthma from childhood to adulthood Jorrit Gerritsen, Bart Rottier Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 199-209
Follow-up of children with asthma Ted Klok, Eric P. de Groot, Alwin F.J. Brouwer, Paul L.P. Brand Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 210-223
New and future developments of therapy for asthma in children Peter D. Sly, Carmen M. Jones Eur Respir Monogr 2012; 56: 224-234