Japanese pediatric guidelines for the treatment and management of bronchial asthma 2008.
Abstract The fourth version of the Japanese Pediatric Guidelines for the Treatment and Management of Bronchial Asthma 2008 (JPGL 2008) was published by the Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology in December 2008. In JPGL 2008, the recommendations were revised on the basis of the JPGL 2005. The JPGL 2008 is different to the Global Initiative for Asthma guideline in that it contains the following items: a classification system of asthma severity; recommendations for long-term management organized by age; a special mention of infantile asthma; and an emphasis on prevention and early intervention. Here we show a summary of the JPGL 2008 revising our previous report concerning JPGL 2005.
Kondo
Naomi
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Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. nkondo@gifu-u.ac.jp
Nishimuta
Toshiyuki
T
Nishima
Sankei
S
Morikawa
Akihiro
A
Aihara
Yukoh
Y
Akasaka
Toru
T
Akasawa
Akira
A
Adachi
Yuichi
Y
Arakawa
Hirokazu
H
Ikarashi
Takao
T
Ikebe
Toshiichi
T
Inoue
Toshishige
T
Iwata
Tsutomu
T
Urisu
Atsuo
A
Ebisawa
Motohiro
M
Ohya
Yukihiro
Y
Okada
Kenji
K
Odajima
Hiroshi
H
Katsunuma
Toshio
T
Kameda
Makoto
M
Kurihara
Kazuyuki
K
Kohno
Yoichi
Y
Sakamoto
Tatsuo
T
Shimojo
Naoki
N
Suehiro
Yutaka
Y
Tokuyama
Kenichi
K
Nambu
Mitsuhiko
M
Hamasaki
Yuhei
Y
Fujisawa
Takao
T
Matsui
Takehiko
T
Matsubara
Tomoyo
T
Mayumi
Mitsufumi
M
Mukoyama
Tokuko
T
Mochizuki
Hiroyuki
H
Yamaguchi
Koichi
K
Yoshihara
Shigemi
S
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors