Evaluation of lithium carbonate in treatment of bronchial asthma in children

ABSTRACT

The present work was designed to study the value of lithium carbonate in the long term therapy of asthmatic children and to measure the serum level of lithium in these patients after one month of treatment. No previous studies had measured serum lithium level in asthmatic children compared with healthy controls. There was significant difference in symptom score, PER and frequency of asthmatic attacks between placebo and lithium groups [only those receiving 20 mg/kg/day]