Symptom perception and self-management in childhood asthma.
Asthma self-management, an increasingly important component of the treatment of pediatric asthma, entails accurate perception of respiratory symptoms. This review summarizes what is known about symptom perception in both adults and children. The literature on visceral autonomic perception, laboratory studies of respiratory perception, and clinical work with asthmatic patients is reviewed.
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
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Fritz
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Yeung
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Taitel
D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011601:Psychophysics