TREATMENT OF COUGH IN FREQUENTLY ILL CHILDREN WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
https://doi.org/10.15690/vsp.v13i1.932
Abstract
Aim: to assess efficacy and tolerability of mucolytic herbal drug in frequently ill children with acute respiratory tract infections. Patients and methods: 54 children diagnosed with «Acute respiratory tract infection associated with dry cough» were included into the study.
All children were divided into 2 groups. Patients from both groups received antipyretic agents, decongestants and topical antibiotics. Patients from the 1st group beside the basic treatment received the studied drug. Results: body temperature of the patients from
the 1st group normalized in shorter period of time; intensity of catarrhal symptoms decreased from the 3d day of disease. Efficacy of treatment of cough in the patients from the 1st group was 98%, in the 2nd — 61%. Conclusions: early indication of the mucolytic herbal drug to frequently ill children allows decreasing not only the rate of relapses of chronic cough but also usage of antibacterial agents.
All children were divided into 2 groups. Patients from both groups received antipyretic agents, decongestants and topical antibiotics. Patients from the 1st group beside the basic treatment received the studied drug. Results: body temperature of the patients from
the 1st group normalized in shorter period of time; intensity of catarrhal symptoms decreased from the 3d day of disease. Efficacy of treatment of cough in the patients from the 1st group was 98%, in the 2nd — 61%. Conclusions: early indication of the mucolytic herbal drug to frequently ill children allows decreasing not only the rate of relapses of chronic cough but also usage of antibacterial agents.
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Safina A. TREATMENT OF COUGH IN FREQUENTLY ILL CHILDREN WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS. Current Pediatrics. 2014;13(1):180-183. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15690/vsp.v13i1.932
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