Clinical study on the effect of glucocorticosteroid inhalation in preventing asthma children after bronchiolitis / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the effect of inhaling glucocorticosteroid in preventing asthma after bron-chiolitis. Methods 138 bronchiolitis infants were divided into three groupsthe inhaling group A,tbe inhaling group B,the control group C. The inhaling group A and B were treated with glucocorticosteroid inhalation, but the inhaling group A had been inhaled pulmicort for six months,the inhaling group B for three months. All infants enrolled in the study and control group were followed up for average two years to observe the wheezing episodes. Results The fre-quency and persistence of wheezing was signfificanfly lower in interfered infants with glucecorticosteroid inhalation [(2.65±1.12)d,(2.89±1.06)d]than that of control group[ (4.06±1.17)d]in two years(all P<0.05) ,but no obvious difference exists between the inhaling group A and B (q= 1.59, P>0.05). Conclusion Glueocorticesteroid inhalation for three months can prevent recurrent wheezing after acute bronchiolitis.