Blame your smoking for your child’s asthma

INFANTS as young as three months old in Brunei are suffering from asthma as a result of being exposed to second-hand smoke, said an official from the Health Promotion Centre (HPC).
Hjh Mahanum Dato Hj Abu Zar (pictured), senior translator at HPC, said younger patients, including babies are being diagnosed with asthma.
“In Brunei, we get babies as young as three months old getting nebuliser treatments at hospitals to help them cope with their asthma,” she said on the sidelines of a talk at the Institute of Brunei Technical Education (IBTE) in Tungku recently.....

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Vast Treatment Differences Exist Among Pediatric Asthma Patients

A recent study found that the management of inpatients with asthma varies greatly among children’s hospitals, even when other characteristics are taken into account.
“Although there are well-established clinical pathways for treating children with asthma, we found significant differences in how tertiary-care pediatric hospitals used their resources,” said study leader Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, PhD. “However, this auditing method offers hospitals some guidance in identifying practice styles that could improve their care”.....

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Judge rules that cop is not guilty after letting 11-year-old girl die of asthma in front of him because he 'didn't feel safe' performing CPR

- Briana Ojeda died after mother was stopped on the way to hospital
- She was struggling to breathe after suffering an asthma attack
- Officer had never conducted CPR on a dummy and 'didn't feel safe'
- Judge: Police Department does not require officers 'to know and be willing and able' to perform life-saving resuscitation....

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