Mucoactive therapy for impaired respiratory function in children with acute bronchitis

Abstract

Purpose of the study. Increasing the efficiency and safety of therapy of the bronchi secretoryevacuation disorders in acute bronchitis with impaired respiratory function in children by using a medication with minimal effect on the cardiovascular system.
 Materials and methods. The study included 60 children aged 6 to 11 years, suffering from acute bronchitis for 1–2 days. Formed 2 groups of observation (30 children in each group): 1st group (main) – children receiving phytopreparation for 10 days in the complex therapy of the bronchi secretory-evacuation disorders in acute bronchitis with impaired function of external respiration; 2-nd group (comparison) – children receiving ambroxol. The dynamics of the severity of bronchitis was assessed according to the BSS scale (0–20 points).
 Results. The clinical symptoms of acute bronchitis according to the BSS scale were significantly faster and more effective in the group of children taking the herbal remedy already on the 4-th day of therapy. In the group of patients taking phytopreparation, there was an improvement in objective indicators of respiratory function according to spirography data. In children of the 1st group, the period of recovery is accompanied by the normalization of indicators of the functioning of the autonomic nervous system and the predominance of eutonia against the background of a decrease in the number of registrations of parasympathicotonia.
 Conclusions. Treatment of acute bronchitis in children using a phytopreparation normalizes the indices of autonomic regulation and functioning of the cardiovascular system, which contributes to a faster and more effective relief of clinical symptoms with the restoration of the function of external respiration.