Title: Clinical Observation on Inhalation Efficacy of Corticosteroid for Acute Exacerbation of COPD
Abstract: Objective:To evaluate the inhalation efficacy of corticosteroid in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(AECOPD)therapy.Methods:A total of 60 patients with AECOPD were randomly divided into treatment group and control group.The control group was conventional treatment of antibiotics,oxygen,phlegm,and so on.On the basis of conventional treatment the treatment group were given inhaled corticosteroid therapy.14d after continuous treatment the clinical effect was evaluated,the clini-cal symptoms and lung function of prior-treatment and post-treatment between two groups were observed.Results:The clinical efficiency of the treatment group was 96.7%,the control group was 80.0%,compared the difference between two groups was significant(P0.05);The clinical symptoms and difficulty breathing scores of post-treatment were higher than prior-treatment and the control group,compared the difference was significant(P0.05);The FEV1 and FEV levels of the treatment group were higher than prior-treatment and the con-trol group,lung function improved significantly,compared the difference was significant(P0.05).Conclusion:The inhaled corticos-teroid therapy is effective and worthy of clinical application.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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