1040 Asthma exacerbation and reducing emergency room visits

Monday, 6 December 2010: 11:15 - 11:35
Tari Haahtela, professor , Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00250 Helsinki, Finland

Learning Objectives:
To review what constitutes an asthma exacerbation

To describe common factors that trigger asthma exacerbations both in children and adults

To explain how prevention of exacerbations may be relevant to loss of lung function over time