ReviewIndian journal of pediatrics2004
Management of unresponsive asthma.
Review in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Serum prednisolone levels as a marker of oral corticosteroid adherence in severe asthma.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2020Observational
- Combined fluticasone propionate and salmeterol reduces RSV infection more effectively than either of them alone in allergen-sensitized mice.Virology journal · 2006Article
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Abstract
Difficult asthma is defined as asthma that is not controlled despite treatment with> 800 micro g budesonide or equivalent per day. Poor control is defined as the need for bronchodilators more than three times a week, school absence of more than five days a term, or one episode or more of wheezing each month. Common causes of poor response to treatment include; wrong diagnosis, inappropriate medications or improper inhalation technique, poor adherence to medications and co-morbidity. Steroid resistant asthma is uncommon and estimated to be 1 in 1000-10000 asthmatic patients. If there is no functional improvement to prednisolone 2 mg/kg/day for 2 weeks with adherence checked by measuring serum prednisolone and cortisol levels, a fibreoptic bronchoscopic examination with bronchoalveolar lavage and large airway biopsy should be considered. Eosinophilic inflammation identified on the biopsy in a child who is unresponsive to prednisolone may benefit from alternative anti-inflammatory treatments such as cyclosporin. Neutrophilic infiltration in biopsy may benefit with macrolide antibiotics, 5-lipogenase inhibitors or theophyllines.
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