| Among children, asthma is a leading cause of hospitalization, chronic disease, and school absenteeism. |
| Subjects with at least three episodes of wheezing were defined as recurrent wheezers and as having asthma if the episodes were doctor verified. |
| Such devices have been available for many years for the delivery of asthma medications in the form of small, pressurised aerosols. |
| The most severe stages of acute asthma are respiratory failure, cardiopulmonary arrest, and death. |
| A British study showed that young wheezers and subjects with asthma have a higher prevalence of snoring compared with subjects without asthma. |
| Heliox is a unique therapy for acute asthma because it decreases airway resistance without changing the diameter of the airway. |
