Study of Preventive Treatment With Symbicort or Budicort Turbohaler in Childhood Asthma Return to School Epidemic
Study of Preventive Treatment With Symbicort or Budicort Turbohaler in Childhood Asthma Return to School Epidemic
During the second week of September( week 38 of the year)there are recorded data of
 exacerbation of asthma all over the world, including Israel. A short preventive treatment of
 6 weeks may reduce asthma exacerbation in children,reduce primary care and ER visiting and
 hospitalization.
During the second week of September( week 38 of the year)there are recorded data of
 exacerbation of asthma all over the world, including Israel. A short preventive treatment of
 6 weeks may reduce asthma exacerbation in children,reduce primary care and ER visiting and
 hospitalization.

 We will study the effectiveness of Budicort or Symbicort turbuhaler as a preventive treatment
 in children aged 6-18 years.
Inclusion Criteria:

 age : 6-18 years suffering from asthma asthma exacerbation during 1/9/2009-15/10/2009

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 Exclusion Criteria:

 any chronic condition that can involve respiratory tract (other than asthma) treated as
 prevention with ICS or montelukast from July 2010 Treated with oral steroids during the
 August 2010 asthma exacerbation one week prior study inclusion