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Little is known about the management of asthma in adolescents. We aimed at evaluating these aspects, through a specific questionnaire, in the real life of adolescents with allergic asthma.The questionnaire was administered to a group of adolescents after a diagnosis of allergic asthma. The diagnosis was based on history, clinical examination, pulmonary function tests and allergy tests. One hundred and fifteen adolescents (65 males, mean age 16.5 years) fulfilled the criteria for allergic asthma. The questionnaire explored demography, family history, clinical history, previous diagnosis, therapy, attitude towards therapy and social aspects. The mean actual __FEV__~1~ was 87 ± 10%. Methacholine challenge was carried out in 79 patients and was always positive (PD20 < 1200 __μ__g), whereas 36 patients underwent reversibility test. According to GINA guidelines, severity of asthma resulted intermittent in 62, mild persistent in 31, moderate in 19 and severe in three patients. In 61% of cases teachers were not aware of the disease. Asthma was managed by general practitioners, allergists and pulmonologists, but PFT/allergy tests had never been performed in 14% of patients. Forty‐two per ce

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Author

Carlo Lombardi; Federica Gani; Massimo Landi; Attilio Boner; Giorgio Walter Canonica; Giovanni Passalacqua

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0905-6157)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)