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EXPERIENCE WITH DISODIUM CROMOGLYCATE IN THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMATIC CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Glass Reuben D.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb50338.x
Subject(s) - disodium cromoglycate , medicine , asthma , pediatrics , anesthesia
Twenty severely affected asthmatic children, of an average age of nine and a half years, were treated with disodium cromoglycate for an average period of 12 months. All but one patient improved, and half the patients showed catch‐up growth. School absence was reduced to less than one‐third. All patients previously unable to play sport were able to do so during treatment. Steroid requirement was reduced in nine out of ten cases. Clinical improvement was greater than functional improvement assessed splrometrically.