If it's 'only' asthma, why are children still dying?

Address: Children's Respiratory Services, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK [email protected].; Institute of Applied Clinical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK.; Child health, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.; Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Cystic Fibrosis, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.; Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.; Primary Care Respiratory Society UK, Park Medical Practice, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK.; Clinical Lead for the UK National Review of Asthma Deaths (2011-4), London, UK.; Global Initiative on Asthma (GINA), Fontana, California, USA.