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Bronchiolitis Obliterans in Children: A Single Institution Experience
Author(s) -
Hye Kyung Seo,
HyeYoung Kim,
Hea Kyoung Yang,
Sung Hyun Shin,
Byung Ki Lee,
Seong Heon Kim,
Young Mi Kim
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pediatric allergy and respiratory disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1225-679X
DOI - 10.7581/pard.2011.21.2.123
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiolitis obliterans , pulmonary function testing , pediatrics , incidence (geometry) , bronchiolitis , medical diagnosis , medical record , transplantation , lung transplantation , surgery , respiratory system , pathology , physics , optics
1/FVC was improved to 70.7 18.9%. Symptom scores of the group treated with high dose systemic steroids ± decreased significantly compared to those of the group treated with inhaled corticosteroids (P< 0.05). Likewise, improvement of FEV1/FVC after treatment was greater in the group treated with high dose systemic steroids than in the group treated with inhaled corticosteroids (P<0.05). Conclusion:Infections are the more frequent causes of BO in our institute, and adenovirus ismost common. Six-month follow-up study results suggest high dose systemic steroids could lead

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