Childhood Asthma(Lung Biology in Health and Disease)

Pediatric Asthma

FROM THE PUBLISHER
This reference collects the latest studies on the development, diagnosis, and
treatment of childhood asthma and offers current perspectives on new
technologies that will shape the management of pediatric asthma in the
forthcoming decade - illustrating how advances in pulmonary function
measurement, inflammatory markers, imaging, and pharmacogenetics will enhance
the diagnosis and monitoring of asthma in years to come.

Pediatric Asthma

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
1 The epidemiology and burden of pediatric asthma 1
2 Developmental regulation of immune functions and risk for allergy and asthma
17
3 Origins of asthma 43
4 Developmental features of airway remodeling 71
5 Asthma in children and adults - natural course of the disease 99
6 Growth and development of the child with asthma 125
7 Viral respiratory infections and asthma 153
8 Controlling the environment of asthmatic children : benefits and limitations
187
9 Early pharmacologic intervention of asthma : how early and what treatment?
213
10 Measuring pulmonary function in young children 253
11 Inflammatory mediators of asthma in children 287
12 Imaging in pediatric asthma 303
13 Pharmacogenetics : will it have a place in managing childhood asthma? 319
14 Asthma education : translating knowledge into action 333
15 Managing childhood asthma : evolving guidelines 355
16 Choosing the appropriate asthma medication delivery device 373
17 Anticipating and managing variable response to asthma therapy 403
18 Role of allergen-specific immunotherapy in childhood asthma 447
19 Inner-city asthma 491
20 Asthma in adolescence 511
21 Exercise-induced asthma in the competitive athlete 539
22 Comorbid illness associated with childhood asthma 561
23 Improving asthma medication adherence 581
24 Potential applications of new drugs in the management of childhood asthma
605
25 Difficult-to-control asthma 651
26 Childhood asthma management in the next 10 years 673