Budesonide in the treatment of acute epiglottitis
- VernacularTitle:布地奈德治疗急性会厌炎
- Author:
Jian YU
;
Lidong WANG
;
Guifen XUE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Epiglottitis;
Budesonide;
Airway Obs-truction;
Tracheotomy
- From:
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
2006;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To explore the curative effect of budesonide on acute epiglottitis. METHODS Seventy-eight patients with acute epiglottitis were devided into 2 groups randomly. Budesonide and dexamethasone were breathed in respectively with other treatments being the same. The results were processed statistically. RESULTS The effective and apparent effective rate were 98 % and 95 % in the experimental group,81 % and 72 % in control group. The effective rate was significantly different between the 2 groups,the apparent effective rate was very significantly different between the 2 groups. CONCLUSION The budesonide is more powerful than dexamethasone in the treatment of acute epiglottitis. It can decrease the epiglottis edema more quickly and reduce the opportunity of tracheotomy.
