Abstract
Effects of institutional therapy on severe bronchial asthmatic children were investigated at 16 national institutional hospitals in Japan. Subjects were 175 asthmatic children (118 boys, 57 girls) who received institutional therapy over 1 year. Their mean age of hospitalization was 11.2±2.8 years old. We investigated the asthmatic children in terms of 1) the age of the onset, 2) the age of serious condition, 3) time length from onset of serious condition to hospitalization, 4) fit score and 5) medication score. We also examined following data at beginning of hospitalization and 12 months after hospitalization, 1) respiratory function, 2) bronchial hypesensitivity, 3) ability of exercise, 4) serum IgE levels, 5) RAST score.
As the results, institutional therapy is effective for decreasing of fit score and medication score, moreover for improvement of respiratory function, and bronchial hypersensitivity, allergen avoidance and recovering quality of life.
