[The prognosis of asthmatic children with status asthmatics in early childhood].

To clarify the prognosis of asthmatic children with status asthmatics in early childhood, we retrospectively investigated 113 patients (boys: 62, girls: 51) who had been treated as status asthmatics since 1995 through 2000 in National Sagamihara Hospital. In this study, the frequency of admission was decreased year by year, 62.8% (1st year), 29.2% (3rd year), and 5% (5th year). All patients were evaluated as severe or moderate patients during the 1st year from the episode of status asthmatics. Three years after the episode, 38% of patients were evaluated as severe or moderate patients. Five years later, only 20% of patients were evaluated as severe or moderate patients and 35% became free from treatment and asthma attack. Most of the patients were treated by DSCG inhalation and RTC therapy. Nine patients needed BDI therapy in addition to DSCG and RTC. With appropriate and careful treatment, the prognosis of the patients who had experienced status asthmatics in the early childhood was kept relatively well.