INFANT ASTHMA: KEY PRINCIPLES OF CONTROL ATTAINMENT IN THE MODERN STAGE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the issue of bronchial asthma in children. Immaturity of respiratory and immune systems, peculiarities of the disease course, difficulty in establishing diagnosis and selecting delivery devices for drugs and a limited amount of evidence-based recommendations determine the current situation: only few guides touch upon the subject of infant asthma management. Although asthma is the most widespread disease of lower respiratory tract in children, a significant number of patients do not receive adequate treatment, which is why they cannot control asthma. The authors of this article analyzed the most up-to-date documents (ICON, GINA, PRACTALL, NAEPP, SIGN) that touch upon this subject and briefly stated the key principles of attaining control over this nosology in order to increase availability, spread and introduction of standard therapy of infant asthma.

Keywords

• bronchial asthma
• classification
• pathogenesis
• clinical course
• treatment
• disease control
• children