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Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in children, contributing to a high health care burden worldwide.1,2 In the United States, 5.8% of children under the age of 18 years have a diagnosis of asthma.3 Respiratory conditions like pneumonia, acute bronchitis, and asthma exacerbations are the single most common reason for children to have emergency department visits and hospitalizations, missed school days, and interference in daily-life activities.4–7
Good asthma control can reduce unplanned health care visits while focusing on decreasing the frequency and intensity of asthma symptoms as well as the risk of future asthma exacerbations.8 To achieve good asthma control requires proper medication dosing, mitigation of asthma triggers, education around the home management plan, and long-term monitoring.8
Studies have shown asthma education that includes reviewing the current home management plan can improve asthma control by increasing a patient's knowledge of the disease, ensure alignment in the plan of care, reduce unplanned health care visits and oral corticosteroid prescriptions, and enchance the quality of life.9–11
Spirometry is an easy and useful long-term monitoring tool used for pulmonary …
Correspondence: Joyce A Baker MBA RRT RRT-NPS AE-C FAARC. E-mail: joyce.baker{at}childrenscolorado.org
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