Dobarganes SY, Abdo RA, Arias DA, Rodríguez CJ

Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 126-129
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ABSTRACT

It was done a descriptive and retrospective study with 218 children with ages rating from 1 to 5. The infantile population included supposedly healthy children’s, asthmatic’s children and children with chronic or persistent cough. In the 91.6 % of the classified children’s within the group of children with chronic or persistent cough were registered with atopic antecedents, the 86.9% had positive immediate skin tests by puncture (Prick test); making possible to identify the unchaining factors of exacerbation of cough in the 73. 8 % of them; the bronchodilator and anti-allergic treatment were satisfactory in the 90.4%. Very similar figures to the before ones expressed the asthmatic’s children. In spite of it to all had been emitted them other diagnoses as “chronic bronchitis”, “asthmatic’s bronchitis”, etc and a percent of them remained without diagnosis yet.

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