Volume : 6, Issue : 4, April - 2017
Clinical Profile of Persistent Asthma in Children Attending Tertiary Care Academic institute In South India
Bindusha. S, Susy Joseph, Vijayakumar. B
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<p> <span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Objectives: </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To study the clinical profile of children with persistent asthma and the response of persistent asthma to inhaled corticosteroids</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Methods: Descriptive study done among children with persistent asthma, who were using inhaled steroids for at least 6 months at the time of study. Results: 185 children with persistent asthma were studied. </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">116 were male and 69 were females. Mean age was 7.2 ±3.12 years, height 1.18±0.2 metres and BMI 15.2±2.4. Mean age of onset of asthma symptoms was 2.3 years. 70% had onset of asthma symptoms before the age of 3 years. Allergic rhinitis was the most common association found. 67% needed only inhaled corticosteroids for control of their disease, whereas 33% required additional drugs for control. The mean duration of inhaled steroids use was 2.2 years. 84.9% required inhaled steroids ≥400 mcg/day for the control of symptoms. 93% of children had good control of their asthma symptoms. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Bindusha. S, Susy Joseph, Vijayakumar. B, Clinical Profile of Persistent Asthma in Children Attending Tertiary Care Academic institute In South India, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-4, April‾2017