Pediatr. praxi. 2025;26(2):98-103 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2025.019

Asthma in children - diagnostics, pharmacotherapy and inhalation technique

MUDr. Viktor Kašák
Oddělení respiračních nemocí, LERYMED spol. s r. o., Praha

The incidence of asthma in childhood has been steadily increasing in recent decades in economically developed countries, including the Czech Republic. Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease of childhood. If the diagnosis is made early and effective pharmacotherapy based on inhaled corticosteroids is initiated on time, regardless of age or asthma phenotypes, full asthma control is achieved in most cases. The inhalation route is preferred in the administration of antiasthmatic, which is effective, safe, but demanding in terms of choosing the right inhalation system, training the correct inhalation technique and monitoring the correct inhalation technique.

Keywords: asthma, diagnostics of asthma, pharmacotherapy of asthma, inhalation technique.

Accepted: May 2, 2025; Published: May 6, 2025  Show citation

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