Japanese pediatric guidelines for the treatment and management of bronchial asthma 2008: Japan Today

Naomi Kondo*, Toshiyuki Nishimuta, Sankei Nishima, Akihiro Morikawa, Yukoh Aihara, Toru Akasaka, Akira Akasawa, Yuichi Adachi, Hirokazu Arakawa, Takao Ikarashi, Toshiichi Ikebe, Toshishige Inoue, Tsutomu Iwata, Atsuo Urisu, Motohiro Ebisawa, Yukihiro Ohya, Kenji Okada, Hiroshi Odajima, Toshio Katsunuma, Makoto KamedaKazuyuki Kurihara, Yoichi Kohno, Tatsuo Sakamoto, Naoki Shimojo, Yutaka Suehiro, Kenichi Tokuyama, Mitsuhiko Nambu, Yuhei Hamasaki, Takao Fujisawa, Takehiko Matsui, Tomoyo Matsubara, Mitsufumi Mayumi, Tokuko Mukoyama, Hiroyuki Mochizuki, Koichi Yamaguchi, Shigemi Yoshihara

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Abstract

The fourth version of the Japanese Pediatric Guidelines for the Treatment and Management of Bronchial Asthma 2008 (JPGL 2008) was published by the Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology in December 2008. In JPGL 2008, the recommendations were revised on the basis of the JPGL 2005. The JPGL 2008 is different to the Global Initiative for Asthma guideline in that it contains the following items: a classification system of asthma severity; recommendations for long-term management organized by age; a special mention of infantile asthma; and an emphasis on prevention and early intervention. Here we show a summary of the JPGL 2008 revising our previous report concerning JPGL 2005.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)319-326
Number of pages8
JournalPediatrics International
Volume52
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010/04

Keywords

  • Acute attacks
  • Childhood asthma
  • Guideline
  • Long-term management
  • Prevention

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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