Managing Asthma in Children: A Flexible Approach

In the final article of this two-part feature on the assessment and management of childhood asthma, the authors explain how a flexible approach to treatment will provide optimum disease control. Part 1, which focused on diagnosis, was published in the November/December issue of BJFM. Dr Siba Prosad Paul Specialty Trainee Year 6 in Paediatrics, Bristol Royal Hospital for ChildrenDr Anil Kumar Garg Consultant Paediatrician, Worthing HospitalDr Neelu Garg Senior GP, Worthing  Asthma is “a disease characterised by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing which vary in frequency and severity from person to person” 1 as defined by the World Health