Paediatric asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease globally and is a significant cause of childhood morbidity and mortality.

So it is important that we get the diagnosis and management of this condition right.

To find out more, listen to this BMJ Best Practice podcast on asthma in children. It features an interview with Helen Brough, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy and Professor in Paediatric Allergy at King’s College London.

For more on asthma in children, visit BMJ Best Practice.

COI: HB has given speaker talks on food allergy for DBV, Parexel, Stallergenes and Viatris, but these talks were not related to asthma.