Treatment of Asthma Attack in Children

Abstract Asthma is the most frequently seen chronic disease in childhood. Asthmatic exacerbation is a major cause for patients to visit emergency services and may even cause hospitalization. Asthma exacerbation could be seen different clinic severity from mild to lifethreatening. It should be kept in mind that patients with mild asthma have a serious risk of attack and risk of mortality. Quick anamnesis, physical examination and assesment theseverity of exacerbations followed by early initiation of the therapy, is the simple algorithm for approaching asthma exacerbations. Since the children who are older than 5 years different both anatomically and physiologically from younger ones while determining the treatment plan patient’s age should be taken into consideration