Abstract

Current national and international asthma guidelines recommend treatment of children with asthma towards achieving and maintaining asthma control. These guidelines provide more stringent recommendations to increase therapy for patients with uncontrolled asthma in order to reduce asthma-related morbidity and mortality. Newer combination agents such as budesonide and formoterol have been shown to be safe and effective in treatment of asthma in children. Use of long-term controller agents like this in combination with improved compliance and treatment of co-morbid conditions have been successful in this endeavor. This review discusses control of pediatric asthma with focus on the use of budesonide in combination with formoterol.

Details

Title
Long-term maintenance of pediatric asthma: focus on budesonide/formoterol inhalation aerosol
Author
Huynh, Peter N; Scott, Lyne G; Kenny YC Kwong
Pages
65-75
Section
Review
Publication year
2010
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
ISSN
1176-6336
e-ISSN
1178-203X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2222923446
Copyright
© 2010. This work is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.