Burden and unmet need for specialist care in poorly controlled and severe childhood asthma in a Danish nationwide cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asthma is a common disease in childhood and adolescence with lifelong consequences particularly among those at risk of severe disease, poor control and/or frequent exacerbations. Specialist care is recommended for at-risk children and adolescents, yet access to specialist management in free-to-access healthcare settings remains poorly understood.

Methods

A Danish nationwide cohort of children and adolescents aged 2-17 years with persistent asthma, defined as repeated redemption of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) during 2015, were followed for two years, to identify at-risk children and adolescents comprising those with severe asthma (classified according to GINA 2020 guidelines), poor control (defined as use of 400/600 (ages 2-11/12 +) annual doses of short-acting b

SUBMITTER: Hakansson KEJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10304602 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature