Clinical Tools and Evidence

 KEY REFERENCES

1. Canadian Paediatric Society – Managing an Acute Asthma Exacerbation in Children
2. Health Quality Ontario – Case for Improvement (Slide deck - Evidence Document)
3. Gaffin – Clinically useful spirometry in preschool-aged children: evaluation of the 2007 ATS Guidelines
4. Asthma Canada – 2024 Annual Report
5. Yang – Misdiagnosis of asthma in schoolchildren
6. Kanj – Application of Global Lung Function Initiative Global Spirometry Reference Equations across a Large, Multicenter Pulmonary Function Lab Population
7. Davis – Real-World feasibility of short-term, unsupervised home spirometry in CF
8. Sarikloglou – Prediction of Asthma Exacerbations in Children
9. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences – Only a third of children with asthma treated in an Ontario ED seek recommended follow-up care
10. Government of Canada – Asthma in Canada
11. To – Did emergency department visits in infants and young children increase in the last decade? An Ontario. Canada study
12. AAFA Asthma Facts and Figures
13. Rochester – Insufficient Patient Access to Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A multifaceted problem

Paediatric Asthma Action Plans

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Paediatric Asthma Control Assessment Tools

1. Test for Respiratory and Asthma Control In Kids (TRACKTM) for Children Under 5 (AZ)
2. Childhood Asthma Control Test (ACTTM) for Children 4 – 11 Years (GSK)

Guidelines

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Health Quality Ontario – Quality Standards

2021 Guideline Update: Diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults

Updated 2021 – Clinical Handbook for Paediatric Asthma

Managing an Acute Asthma Exacerbation in Children

ATS Statements on Pediatric Respiratory Diseases

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