[Course and treatment of infantile asthma in our milieu].

We studied the clinical evolution and therapeutic approach of 50 children who were treated at the Emergency Room for an asthmatic crisis. We observed a high frequency of early onset of asthma before one year of age (n:16), constant symptoms between the crisis (n:34) and previous admissions before the present crisis (n:34) and previous admissions before the present crisis (n:16). Most cases did not have a family doctor. In 16 cases, the present crisis had four or more days of duration. We observed a frequent administration of suboptimal doses of bronchodilator and antiinflammatory drugs. These results show a non satisfactory treatment of infantile asthma.