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Monitoring child asthma in primary care

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Asthma is best monitored in primary care by routine clinical review on at least an annual basis.
The factors that should be monitored and recorded include:

  • symptom score, eg Children’s Asthma Control Test, Asthma Control Questionnaire
  • exacerbations, oral corticosteroid use and time off school/nursery due to asthma since last assessment
  • inhaler technique
  • adherence, which can be assessed by reviewing prescription refill frequency
  • possession of and use of self management plan/personalised asthma action plan
  • exposure to tobacco smoke
  • growth (height and weight centile) (1).

Reference:

  1. British Thoracic Society (BTS)/Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) 2019. British Guideline on the Management of Asthma. A national clinical guideline

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