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CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES. Presented by : (speaker info). Clinical Assessment. Is it Asthma?—Consider other etiologies and co-morbidities. Is it Persistent? (vs Intermittent) Level of Severity—for “virgin” asthma—Intermittent, Mild Persistent, Moderate Persistent, Severe Persistent.

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CASE STUDIES

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  1. CASE STUDIES • Presented by: • (speaker info)

  2. Clinical Assessment • Is it Asthma?—Consider other etiologies and co-morbidities. • Is it Persistent? (vs Intermittent) • Level of Severity—for “virgin” asthma—Intermittent, Mild Persistent, Moderate Persistent, Severe Persistent. • How well controlled?—(Controlled, Partly Controlled, Uncontrolled)

  3. Asthma Action Plan • Controller(s)—for asthma and for co-moridities …perhaps. • Relievers • Environmental Changes • Monitoring—what kind? PF? Symptoms only? When to see or call again? • Other things you’d consider, such as educational issues, cultural, financial, etc.

  4. Asthma Control in Pre-School Kids • 4 or more episodes of wheezing in the past year that lasted > 1 day and affected sleep and • Parental hx of asthma or • Atopic dermatitis

  5. Two of the following • Sensitization to foods • >4% eosinophilia • Wheezing apart from colds

  6. Pre-School Kids • Consider asthma control for • Symptomatic > 2 days/wk for > 4 wks, or • 2 exacerbations needing systemic steroids within 6 months. • Consider ICS during “bad” seasons only

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