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- Title
ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA IN CHILDREN; ROLE OF INTRAVENOUS MAGNESIUM SULFATE IN TREATMENT.
- Authors
Irfan, Sumaira; Anjum, Zahid Mahmood; Taseer, Ali Asgher; Ayesha, Hina
- Abstract
Objective: To compare the efficacy of intravenous magnesium sulfate and conventional treatment with conventional treatment alone in acute severe asthma in children of age group 5 to 15 years known cases of bronchial asthma. Study design: Randomized control trial. Setting: Indoor and outdoor patients of pediatrics department of DHQ hospital, Faisalabad. Duration: Six months. Results: In this study, 43.58%(n=17) in Exposed and 53.85%(n=21) in Un-exposed group were male and remaining 56.42%(n=22) and 46.15%(n=18) were females, mean pulse rate in both groups was recorded which shows 97.32±6.58 in Exposed Group and 103.67±8.32 in Un-exposed Group, p value was calculated as 0.02, mean FEV1 rate in both groups was recorded which shows 60.32±7.56 in Exposed Group and 54.07±6.43 in Unexposed Group, p value was calculated as 0.03. Conclusion: We concluded that intravenous magnesium sulfate along with conventional treatment is significantly better than conventional treatment alone for the management of acute severe asthma attack.
- Subjects
ASTHMA treatment; ASTHMA in children; MAGNESIUM sulfate; INTRAVENOUS therapy; TREATMENT effectiveness; RANDOMIZED controlled trials
- Publication
Professional Medical Journal, 2015, Vol 22, Issue 8, p1039
- ISSN
1024-8919
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29309/tpmj/2015.22.08.1152