COVID-19: Technology-Supported Remote Assessment of Pediatric Asthma at Home

Mattienne R. van der Kamp; Mattienne R. van der Kamp; Monique Tabak; Monique Tabak; Sophia E. J. A. de Rooij; Sophia E. J. A. de Rooij; Pieter P. E. van Lierop; Pieter P. E. van Lierop; Boony J. Thio

doi:10.3389/fped.2020.00529

Frontiers in Pediatrics (Sep 2020)

COVID-19: Technology-Supported Remote Assessment of Pediatric Asthma at Home

Mattienne R. van der Kamp,
Mattienne R. van der Kamp,
Monique Tabak,
Monique Tabak,
Sophia E. J. A. de Rooij,
Sophia E. J. A. de Rooij,
Pieter P. E. van Lierop,
Pieter P. E. van Lierop,
Boony J. Thio

Affiliations

Mattienne R. van der Kamp: Department of Pediatrics, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Mattienne R. van der Kamp: Department of Biomedical Signals and Systems, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Monique Tabak: Department of Biomedical Signals and Systems, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Monique Tabak: Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, Netherlands
Sophia E. J. A. de Rooij: Board of Directors, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Sophia E. J. A. de Rooij: Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Pieter P. E. van Lierop: Department of Pediatrics, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Pieter P. E. van Lierop: Medical Director Pediatric Department, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Boony J. Thio: Department of Pediatrics, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.00529
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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The COVID-19 crisis has pressured hospital-based care for children with high-risk asthma as they have become deprived of regular clinical evaluations. However, COVID-19 also provided important lessons about implementing novel directions for care. Personalized eHealth technology, tailored to the individual and the healthcare system, could substitute elements of hospital care and facilitate early and appropriate medical anticipation in response to imminent loss of control. This perspective article discusses new approaches to the clinical, organizational, and scientific aspects of the use of eHealth technology in pediatric asthma care in times of COVID-19, as illustrated by a case report of an acute asthma exacerbation possibly caused by COVID-19 infection.

Published in Frontiers in Pediatrics

ISSN: 2296-2360 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/pediatrics

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