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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020

Therapeutic effect of budesonide, montelukast and azithromycin on post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans in children.

Xia Chen, Jun-Hua Shu, Yang Huang, Zhen Long, Xiao-Qin Zhou

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xia ChenDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R. China.
Jun-Hua ShuDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R. China.
Yang HuangDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R. China.
Zhen LongDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R. China.
Xiao-Qin ZhouDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R. China.
Hubei Provincial Women and Children's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optimal treatment options for post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans (PIBO) have not yet been established. The present study retrospectively analyzed the effect of budesonide, montelukast and azithromycin on treating PIBO in children <5 years old.. Based on treatment regimen, the cohort was divided into group A and group B. Group A received a combination of budesonide, montelukast and azithromycin for at least 3 months and group B received unconventional treatment (budesonide for nebulization intermittently, prednisone, montelukast and antibiotics if necessary) compared with standard treatment. Tidal pulmonary function and symptoms assessment were performed at diagnosis and after 3 months of therapy. There were no significant differences in the sex, age, pulmonary function and symptoms assessment between groups A and B at diagnosis. However, following 3 months of treatment, the time to peak tidal expiratory flow as a proportion of expiratory time, and volume to peak expiratory flow as a proportion of exhaled volume in group A were significantly higher compared with those in group B. The respiratory rate in group A was significantly lower compared with group B. The symptoms assessment score in group A was significantly higher compared with that of group B. In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that combination therapy with budesonide, montelukast and azithromycin improves pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in PIBO children <5 years old. The present study was retrospectively registered on March 22, 2020 with register no. YY202003-008-HB03.

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azithromycinbudesonidechildren <5 years oldmontelukastpost-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans

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PMCPMC7401899
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