Oral corticosteroids should be available on-hand at home for the next asthma exacerbation!

Asthma is characterized in many patients by recurrent exacerbations. For those patients, it is not generally a question of whether an exacerbation will recur. Rather the question is when will the next exacerbation occur? Unfortunately, that is not readily predictable. Patients with sthma exacerbation fill emergency rooms and are a major cause of hospitalization. Children with asthma, particularly, are prone to recurrent exacerbations, and asthma is the most frequent medical indication for children to be hospitalized.

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