Asthma diagnosis and treatment – 1013. Six month follow up on pediatric patients with severe persistent allergic asthma after on eyear of omalizumb therapy
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Method 20 pediatric (12 male and 8 female) patients, with mean age of 8.5 having severe persistent allergic asthma, with recurrent exacerbations and on oral/IV steroids, prospectively received Omalizumab 150mg/300mg, depending on IgE & body weight for 6 month to 1 year,at B.R.Singh Hospital, Kolkata. Number of exacerbations, total dose of oral Steroids, use of rescue medications, ICS/LABA dose used were recorded at the baseline, 24 weeks, end of treatment and on 6 month follow up (between February 2011 and August 2012) and statistically analyzed.
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