title: Asthma management across the life span: the child with asthma.
abstract: Childhood asthma has an adverse impact on children, families, and society. Treatment of asthma presents special challenges related to diagnosis, ongoing symptom monitoring, and treatment when the patient is a child. To be effective, treatment needs to be medically sound and developmentally appropriate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, University of Rochester School of Nursing, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. lorrie_yoos@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: H Lorrie
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Yoos
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Philipson
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McMullen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012573:School Nursing; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology