If it’s ‘only’ asthma, why are children still dying?

What is it about?

Despite the widespread availability of evidence-based guidelines for asthma children in the UK are still dying from asthma. Reviews of individual cases demonstrate that deaths in children and young people are frequently preventable. Barriers exist at every level of the UK healthcare system that are preventing children with high-risk asthma from receiving specialist care. This article summarizes the advice of different guidelines and provides advice about which children should be referred onwards.

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