{"id":450,"date":"2021-10-21T01:45:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T01:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/?p=450"},"modified":"2021-11-26T04:36:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T04:36:33","slug":"new-cpg-asthma-preventer-treatment-in-adolescents-12-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/new-cpg-asthma-preventer-treatment-in-adolescents-12-years\/","title":{"rendered":"New CPG: Asthma preventer treatment in adolescents 12 years +"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/guideline_index\/Asthma_preventer_treatment_in_adolescents_12_years__\/\">Asthma preventer treatment in adolescents 12 years +<\/a> is a brand-new CPG providing new guidance on the\u00a0anti-inflammatory reliever-based treatment regimen for adolescents with asthma. It has been reviewed by the CPG committee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The Key points for the CPG are<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Any adolescent with asthma should be on a treatment regimen that includes an ICS.\u00a0Prescribing SABA treatment (ie salbutamol) alone is no longer recommended<\/li>\n<li>For most adolescents with asthma, treatment can be started with as-needed combination of an ICS and a LABA<\/li>\n<li>Traditional treatment with SABA and inhaled ICS is also effective and should not be changed without consulting the adolescent\u2019s care team or a senior clinician<\/li>\n<li>Treatment can be stepped up and down according to response. Never cease an adolescent\u2019s ICS completely<\/li>\n<li>Always check inhaler technique and compliance before dose adjustment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asthma preventer treatment in adolescents 12 years + is a brand-new CPG  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11797,28,9503],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-individual-cpg-posts","category-news","category-newsletter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}