Disease burden and treatment adherence among children and adolescent patients with asthma.
Carlyne M AverellFrançois LalibertéGuillaume GermainDavid J SladeMei S DuhJoseph SpahnPublished in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2021)
A large disease burden and unmet need exist among US children/adolescent asthma patients, evidenced by low use of, and poor adherence to, ICS-containing medication, the notable proportion of oral corticosteroid users, and higher-than-expected asthma-related emergency department and hospitalization rates.
Keyphrases
- young adults
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- emergency department
- lung function
- end stage renal disease
- allergic rhinitis
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- healthcare
- childhood cancer
- risk factors
- cystic fibrosis
- type diabetes
- glycemic control
- air pollution
- adipose tissue
- combination therapy
- skeletal muscle
- smoking cessation
- electronic health record