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The correct diagnostic approach to asthma and the exact nature of the disorder remain a matter of debate. This applies at all ages, but these issues are especially critical in childhood, the most common period for asthma to present. Over the last few decades, the concept of asthma has increasingly encompassed a more comprehensive range of presentations. It has become more heterogeneous, such that the current view of asthma is of a complicated, varied nosological concept that takes in disorders of differing aetiology yet with certain core features in common. Some researchers urge the abandonment of the term “asthma”, as the concept is losing its utility. However, at present, asthma is still used as a label for conditions in which the bronchi are obstructed to varying degrees and when no other diagnosis is likely to explain the pathological features and permit a deeper aetiological understanding [1–4].
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Acat, M., Karadağ, B. (2022). Diagnosis of Asthma in Children. In: Cingi, C., Arısoy, E.S., Bayar Muluk, N. (eds) Pediatric ENT Infections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80691-0_80
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