Progress of airway mucus plugs in bronchial asthma
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2022.09.002
- VernacularTitle:支气管哮喘气道黏液栓的研究进展
- Author:
Tingting LIU
1
;
Ju YIN
;
Yan GUO
;
Kunling SHEN
Author Information
1. 国家儿童医学中心 首都医科大学附属北京儿童医院呼吸科 国家呼吸系统疾病临床医学研究中心 100045
- Keywords:
Children;
Asthma;
Mucin;
Mucus plugs
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2022;49(9):582-586
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Mucus plugs is a feature of fatal asthma, which is the abnormally thick mucus accumulated in the airway of patients.The study of airway mucus plugs in asthmatic patients began 100 years ago.In addition to the manifestation of primary disease, asthma patients with mucus plugs may have acute exacerbation of asthma or poor treatment effect.At this time, we should pay attention to the existence of mucus plugs.Multidetector computed tomography can be used to identify and evaluate mucus plugs.This article briefly describes the generation of airway mucus, and introduces the formation mechanism, clinical characteristics, identification and scoring system of mucus plugs in asthmatic patients, and reviews the differential diagnosis and treatment of mucus plugs.
