Bronchial Asthma Management in Children

- Abbreviations

AGREE II	Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation Instrument
BTS	British Thoracic Society
CPG	Clinical Practice Guideline
DHS	Demographic and Health Survey
EBF	Exclusive Breast Feeding
EDHS	Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey
EPGC	Egyptian Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee
EPG CPG	EPG Clinical Practice Guideline
ERS	European Respiratory Society
EtD	Evidence to Decision
FeNO	Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide
FEV1	Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second
GDG	Guideline Development Group
GERD	Gastro-esophageal reflux disease
GINA	Global Initiative for Asthma
GPS	Good Practice statement
GRADE	Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
HCP	Health care Physicians
ICS	Inhaled Corticosteroids
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
IgE	Immunoglobulin E
IL	Interleukin
IT	Immune therapy
JPGL	Japanese Pediatric Guideline
LABA	Long Acting Beta2 Agonists
LTRA	Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists
MART	Maintenance and Reliever Therapy
NSAID	Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
OCS	Oral Corticosteroids
PICO	population, intervention, comparison, outcomes
RIGHT	A Reporting Tool for Practice Guidelines in Health Care
RSV	Respiratory Syncytial Virus
SCIT	Sub-Cutaneous Immuno-Therapy
SIGN	Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
SPT	Skin Prick Test
SABA	Short Acting Beta₂Agonists
Th2	T-helper2