Rhinitis in children and adolescents with asthma: Ubiquitous, difficult to control, and associated with asthma outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rhinitis and asthma are linked, but substantial knowledge gaps in this relationship exist.

Objective

We sought to determine the prevalence of rhinitis and its phenotypes in children and adolescents with asthma, assess symptom severity and medication requirements for rhinitis control, and investigate associations between rhinitis and asthma.

Methods

Seven hundred forty-nine children with asthma participating in the Asthma Phenotypes in the Inner-City study received baseline evaluations and were managed for 1 year with algorithm-based treatments for rhinitis and asthma. Rhinitis was diagnosed by using a questionnaire focusing on individual symptoms, and predefined phenotypes were determined by combining symptom patterns with skin tests and measurement of seru

SUBMITTER: Togias A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408960 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature