A prospective survey of Near Fatal Asthma in Children and Young People to identify risks, acute care and inform future care bundle that may reduce risk of death in this population This is an 18-month prospective British Paediatric Surveillance Unit survey of Near Fatal Asthma in Children and Young People to identify current management and risk factors. The 24-month follow up of cases will help inform future risk. A care bundle will be developed that could be used to reduce risk of death in this population.Project overviewAsthma is a very common health condition in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (ROI). The UK has more deaths from asthma in children and young people (CYP) than any other developed health country. Asthma attacks can be different every time and for every person. There is a type of attack which makes it more likely that person will have another severe attack, and maybe die. These are called “near fatal asthma attacks”.Work by an Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research PhD student, Ann McMurray, has developed a common definition of a ‘near fatal asthma attack’. Ann’s work also showed that depending on where they live, the care people receive after a ‘near fatal asthma attack’ can be very different. We want that to change.Through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit, we will perform a prospective surveillance of near fatal asthma in children aged 5-15 years across the UK and ROI. Each case will be followed up for 24 months. The study will link with PERUKI (Paediatric Emergency Research UK and Ireland) and PCCS (Paediatric Critical Care Society) to ensure we identify all cases. We will look at acute management of near fatal asthma in CYP to identify areas for future research, use data linkage to understand the impact of environmental factors on near fatal asthma attacks and follow up data to understand future risk and best practice for follow up.What we will doIn this study, we want to find out:how many people have had a near fatal asthma attackwhether there are common features found in those who suffer one of these attacks, in particular for environmental factorswhat care they received for their attack and how they responded to treatmentwhat happened to their asthma in the following two years and who provided care to them in this timeWe hope the results of this study will:help identify features that could reduce the risk of a near fatal asthma attackimprove the consistency of care people receive after a near fatal asthma attack, which may in the future reduce the number of asthma deathsKey People Image Steve CunninghamPrincipal Investigator,Professor of Paediatric Respiratory MedicineBased at: University of EdinburghSteve's Profile Image Ann McMurrayCo-InvestigatorBased at: NHS LothianAnn's Former PhD Student Profile Peter DavisCo-Investigator,PCCS contactBased at: Bristol Children's HospitalPeter's Profile Mark LyttleCo-Investigator,PERUKI contactBased at: Bristol Children's HospitalMark's Profile Lisa FindlayCo-Investigator,Peripheral hospital contactBased at: Dumfries General Hospital Des CoxCo-Investigator,ROI contactBased at: Our Lady's Children's Hospital, CrumlinDes' Profile Image Tracy JacksonCo-Investigator,Centre Patient and Public Involvement Co-LeadBased at: University of EdinburghTracy's Profile TimelineAugust 2021 - January 2025FundingChief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Department of Health – Health Improvement, Protection and Services Research HIPS/20/21 Photo by fauxels from Pexels This article was published on 2024-09-24