Texas Children’s Asthma Center

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The Texas Children’s Asthma Center assists referring physicians in confirming a diagnosis of asthma for children with recurrent symptoms and for treating children who have asthma that is difficult to control. The center evaluates patients for factors that make asthma hard to control, develops an individualized asthma action treatment plan including up-to-date pharmacologic therapy and environmental control, and provides educates patient and families to become asthma self-managers.

The Asthma Center helps families learn more about what may be triggering asthma problems for their child and what they may do to control asthma. The team works together with the family and referring physician to develop an asthma management plan including daily management and rescue therapy for managing acute asthma episodes. Each visit, the families’ self-management activity and skills are assessed and additional education is provided. When improved asthma control is achieved and the patient and family demonstrate improved asthma management, a decision is made with the family and referring physician regarding ongoing asthma care. Many patients will be referred back to their primary physicians for ongoing asthma care. Children with difficult to control asthma may continue to be followed for ongoing asthma care if requested.

For children who have had severe asthma or a history of a life-threatening episode, evaluation and care in the Life-threatening Asthma Clinic program is available. For information about this program contact ________________.

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