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Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
the Child with Chronic ... Asthma Are there ... - Allergic rhinitis ... #Asthma #Assessment ... #diagnosis #peds
Allergic Rhinitis
Mild to severe persistent nasal mucosal inflammation to specific allergic triggers
WHO? 
 • 1 in
Allergic Rhinitis ... Intermittent/Seasonal • Chronic ... Associations: • Asthma ... #Rhinitis #diagnosis ... #management
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
cough, SOB • Chronic ... 45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... /allergies; Cough ... Weeks) - Hx of asthma ... sputum, fever, rhinitis
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Allergic Bronchopulmonary ... with underlying asthma ... • Wheezing • Increased ... Aspergillus • Peripheral ... pulmonary #diagnosis #management