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Asthma from Childhood to Adult Age
Author(s) -
FRIBERG S.,
BEVEGÅRD S.,
GRAFFLONNEVIG V.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb10671.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , lung function , pediatrics , pulmonary function testing , corticosteroid , el niño , lung
. Twenty young men with a mean age 24.9 years, who had moderate to severe asthma during childhood, underwent a follow‐up examination of their clinical status and pulmonary function. Comparison was made with data obtained at a mean age of 10.9 years. Eight of twenty showed a clinical improvement and 12 no change in their asthma. During childhood 12 of 20 boys had been on longterm ACTH or corticosteroid treatment. In the present study no one was given systemic steroid treatment. The static lung volumes (VC, TLC, FRC RV) were within normal limits for children and adults. In spite of clinical improvement, the expiratory flow rates (FEV 1 , FEV%) were still significantly reduced ( p <0.005). Thus, the clinical improvement was not accompanied by a corresponding improvement in expiratory flow rates.