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Asthma

Asthma can mean different things to different people. To those involved in the public health system, asthma is a serious health concern affecting over 12 million people in the United States with 4 million under the age of 13, and costing the country 6.21 billion. To a health care provider asthma is a challenging problem with varied responses to various situations. To parent with child who suffers from the disease it is an ever-present negative which hazes a bright future.


The articles that appear in this section:

A History of Asthma || About Asthma || Acetaminophen and Bronchoconstriction || Action plan recommendations || Acupuncture and Asthma || Adult Lung Function and Asthma || Adult Onset Asthma || Air Pollution and Asthma || Allergen Education for Asthmatics || Antibiotics and Asthma || Aspirin-Induced Asthma || Assessing the Severity of Exacerbations in Adults || Index || Asthma Action Plans Decrease Deaths from Exacerbations || Asthma and Hospital Admissions || Asthma and Lung Growth || Asthma and Pregnancy || Asthma and T Helper Cells || Asthma Brochures from the CDC || Asthma Comorbid Conditions || Asthma Increases COPD Risk || Asthma Medication Sensitivities || Asthma Medications || Asthma Predicitive Index || Asthma Predictive Index || Asthma Quick Facts || Asthma Rates Boys and Girls || Asthma Risk Factors || Asthma Risk Factors in the Inner City and Suburbs || Asthma Surveys || Asthma VS VCD || Asthma Information || Breathing Techniques || Bronchial Thermoplasty Update || Can Asthma Treatment Prevent progression of Asthma || Can Vitamin D help Prevent Asthma in the Unborn || Care of Intermitent Asthma in Adults || Childhood Asthma and Foods Eaten during Pregnancy || Children and MDI Use || Chiropractic Therapy and Asthma || Classification of Asthma Control 0-4 years of age || Classification of Asthma Control in Patients 12 or Older || Classification of Asthma Severity 0-4 years - Intermittent || Classification of Asthma Severity 0-4 years - Persistent || Classification of Asthma Severity 5-11 years of age - Intermittent || Classification of Asthma Severity 5-11 years of age - Persistent || Classification of Asthma Severity Patients 12 years or Older - Persistent Asthma || Classifying Asthma Exacerbations || Classifying Asthma Exacerbations in Children || Classifying Intermittent Asthma in Patients 12 years or Older || Controling Animal Alergens || Controling House-Dust Mites || Controlling Asthma May Improve Sleep Quality || Controlling Other Allergens || Determining Reversibility in Asthma || Diagnosing Asthma in Children Less than Four Years of Age || Does Current Asthma Treatment Keep Asthma from Getting Worse || Early Indicators of an Asthma Exacerbation || EPR Recommendations and Statements Concerning Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Asthma || ETS and Asthma || Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm || Expert Panel Recommendations Concerning Adolescents and Asthma || Expert Panel Recommendations for Older Asthmatics || Factors that can make Asthma Worse || Facts on Poorly Controlled Asthma || Fears of Asthma Patients Concerning Medications || Features of Airway Remodeling || Flu vaccine and Asthma || Four Components of Asthma Management || Four Key Symptom Expressions of Asthma || Frequency of SABA Use || Future Asthma Tests || Genes that influence how a patient responds to asthma drugs || GERD and Asthma || Goals to Reduce Asthma Imparement || Goals to Reduce Asthma Risk || Herbal Medicine and Asthma || Homeopathy and Asthma || How the ERP Classifies Patients Asthma Control in Children 5-11 || Inflammatory Cells Associated with Asthma || Inhalant Sensitivity and Age || Initiating Long-Term Control Therapy in Children 0-4 Years of Age || Initiating Long-Term Control Therapy in Children 5-11 Years of Age || Key Indicators for a Diagnosis || LABAs Used with Asthma || List of Bronchial Thermoplasty Trial Sites || Monitoring Asthma Progression || Most Common Cause of Severe Exacerbations || NAEP Guidelines Released || OSA and Asthma || Pollutants, Allergens, and Asthma || Preventing Asthma || Principal Goals for Treatment of Asthma || Recommended number of PFTs for Patients with Asthma || Relaxation Techniques || Renin || Researcher adds a GPS to an Inhaler || Resistance to Therapy || Respiratory Infections || Risk Factors for Asthma Death || Risk of Developing Exacerbations || Signs of Serious Distress in Infants || Signs that Respiratory Arrest Imminent in an Asthma Exacerbation in Children || Smoking by Caregivers and Asthma in Children || Some things to avoid if you have asthma || Special Considerations for the Older Asthmatic || Special Issues in Treating Asthmatics age 5-11 || Step 1 Care of Adult Persistent Asthmatics || Step 2 Care Persistent Adult Asthma || Step 2 Care, Children 0–4 Years of Age || Step 2 Care, Children 5–11 Years of Age || Step 3 Care Persistent Adult Asthma || Step 3 Care, Children 0–4 Years of Age || Step 3 Care, Children 5–11 Years of Age || Step 4 Care Persistent Adult Asthma || Step 4 Care, Children 0–4 Years of Age || Step 4 Care, Children 5–11 Years of Age || Step 5 Care Persistent Adult Asthma || Step 5 Care, Children 0–4 Years of Age || Step 5 Care, Children 5–11 Years of Age || Step 6 Care, Children 0–4 Years of Age || Step 6 Care, Children 5–11 Years of Age || Step 6 Care, Persistent Adult Asthma || Stepdown in Adult Asthma Therapy || Sudden-Onset VS Slower-Onset Asthma || Symptom or Peak Flow Based Action Plans || Systemic Corticosteroids || Teaching Patients How to Control Their Asthma || The Benefits of Asthma Education || The Diagnosis of Asthma || The Importance of teaching symptom patterns in asthma || The link between a high salt diet and asthma || The Start of School = Hard Time for Asthmatics || The Treatment of Asthma || The Widespread Nature of Allergens || The worst place to live with asthma || Those Directly Exposed to 911 Report New Cases of Asthma || Three Parts of an Asthma Diagnosis || Tips for those who require long-term oral systemic corticosteroids || Tobacco Smoke and Asthma || Treating Intermittent Asthma Ages 5-11 || Treating Intermittent Asthma in Children 0-4 Years of Age || Treating Persistent Asthma Ages 5-11 || Treating Persistent Asthma in Children 0-4 Years of Age || Using the Internet for Asthma Education || What can be done if control is not achieved || What causes Bronchoconstriction in Asthmatics || What it Might be Other than Asthma || When should a patient see an asthma specialist || Wind Instruments and Asthma || Written Asthma Action Plan || Yoga and Asthma ||

This page was last updated: 7/27/2007

 

 

Comments:
Thank You!
Very nice, but tie it in with the CEUs
Thanks for the tip. Tim

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