The effect of telephone and short-message follow-ups on compliance and efficacy in asthmatic children treated with inhaled corticosteroid: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: This study aims to evaluate the effect of telephone and short-message follow-ups on compliance and efficacy in asthmatic children treated with inhaled corticosteroids.

Methods: A total of 120 children with moderate bronchial asthma who visited the Asthma Outpatient Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University were enrolled in the study. They were divided randomly into 3 groups based on the type of follow-up given: a combined telephone and short-message service (Tel + SMS) group, a SMS group, and a control group.

Protective effect of probiotics in the treatment of infantile eczema.

The aim of the present study was to provide evidence for the application of probiotics in the prevention and treatment of infantile eczema by exploring changes in the intestinal levels and the Scoring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) index prior and subsequent to treatment with probiotics in infants with eczema. A total of 40 infants with eczema were randomly divided into treatment and control groups. Prior and subsequent to the treatment, the SCORAD index was evaluated and the content of in the stool of each infant in the two groups was quantified using 16S rRNA/DNA quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis.

[Influence of inhaled corticosteroids on distribution of throat flora in children with bronchial asthma].

Objective: To explore the effects of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on the distribution of throat flora in children with bronchial asthma.

Methods: Sixty healthy children were included in the study as the control group and 160 children with asthma in acute period before ICS therapy were chosen as the experimental group. The experimental group were treated with ICS therapy.

[Effect of okam on inflammation and remodeling of airway of mice with ovalbumin induced asthma].

Objective: To investigate the effect of okam on inflammation and remodeling of airway in mice with ovalbumin (OVA) induced asthma.

Methods: Thirty-two mice of Kunming strain were divided into four groups randomly: model group, glucocorticoid inhalation group, okam group and control group, with 8 mice in each group. The asthmatic mice model was reproduced by combined injection and aerosol inhalation of OVA.

[Values of impulse oscillometry for pulmonary function and adhesion molecules in childhood asthma].

Objective: Impulse oscillometry (IOS) is a novel technique for the evaluation of pulmonary function. Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) are definitive indicators for the severity of asthma. This study aimed to explore the relationship of IOS pulmonary function with sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1, and their values in childhood asthma.