title: Helping patients live with asthma.
abstract: Few patients with asthma receive sufficient basic training in routine self-care. Even young children can learn to keep track of their symptoms, use a peak flow meter, and recognize when bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory drug dosages must be stepped up. Moreover, more than half of patients have chronic inflammatory airway disease, yet most of them are not being treated for the inflammatory component of their disorder.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Rachelefsky
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003663:Decision Trees; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index