title: The treatment of childhood asthma: an update.
abstract: Despite the availability of effective therapy, there is still significant morbidity from asthma in childhood. Admission rates for asthma patients to the Children's Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, have more than doubled over the past 10 years. The reasons for the increase are unclear; but lack of patient knowledge and perception of their asthma and underestimation of severity by both practitioner and patient appear to have been significant factors.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Van Asperen
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales