Advance of diagnosis and treatment on chest tightness variant asthma in children
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2018.16.004
- VernacularTitle:儿童胸闷变异性哮喘的诊断与治疗进展
- Author:
Xuxu CAI
1
;
Fen LIU
Author Information
1. 中国医科大学附属盛京医院小儿呼吸内科
- Keywords:
Asthma;
Chest tightness variant asthma;
Child
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2018;33(16):1211-1214
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The chest tightness variant asthma (CTVA)is a new clinical variant of asthma,with chest tightness or sighing respiration as the main or only clinical manifestations,without wheezing,shortness of breath and other typical symptoms of asthma. And the patients with CTVA are likely to be misdiagnosed in clinical work. The clinical features are chest tightness existed persistently or repeatedly,symptoms lasting more than 8 weeks,the presence of airway hype-rresponsiveness or reversible airflow limitation confirmed by lung function examination,effective to the treatment of β agonists or inhaled corticosteroids,and other diseases should be excluded.
